INFLUENCE OF BODY MASS INDEX ON SEDENTARY BEHAVIOR AND EATING AND DRINKING HABITS

Objective To examine association between children's body mass index and television viewing, computer and internet use, eating and drinking habits. Design Anonymous questionnaire about computer and internet use, television watching, eating and drinking habits, parents education, children's height and weight. Subjects Accidental sample of children from 8 typical elementary schools from city of zagreb, 5th and two 8th grade. Methods Statistic analysis: descriptive methods, factor analysis, factor discriminant analysis. Iotf criteria for overweight and obese. Results Normal weight children are described with: higher parental education, more eating and drinking while online, less using computer and internet, less tv watching, less cause for tv watching and computer use Overweight and obese children are described with: lower parental education, less eating and drinking while online, more using computer and internet, more tv watching, more cause for tv watching and computer use Conclusion We could assume that although normal weight children eat and drink more while using internet they spent less time in front of computer and tv.