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Association of obesity with physical activity, television programs and other forms of video viewing among children in Mexico City
- Source :
- Scopus-Elsevier, Web of Science
- Publication Year :
- 1999
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 1999.
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Abstract
- To assess the association of physical activity, television program viewing and other forms of video viewing with the prevalence of obesity among school children.Cross-sectional study.712 children, 9-16 y old, from a low- and a middle-income town in the Mexico City area.Children completed a self administered questionnaire to assess time spent in physical activity and television viewing, and diet. Height weight and triceps skinfolds were measured. The outcome variable was obesity, and the covariates were hours of television programs and other video viewing, physical activity, energy intake, percentage of energy from fat, town of location of school, age, gender and perception of mother's weight status.Among 461 children with complete information, 24% were classified as obese. Children reported an average of 4.1 +/- 2.2 h/d watching television (2.4 +/- 1.5 h/d for TV programs and 1.7 +/- 1.5 h/d for video cassette recorder (VCR) or videogames), and 1.8 +/- 1.3 h/d in moderate and vigorous physical activities. Odds ratios (OR) of obesity were 12% higher for each hour of television program viewing per day (OR = 1.12, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.02,-1.22), and 10% lower for each hour of moderate/vigorous physical activity per day (OR = 0.90, 95% CI 0.83-0.98), controlling for age, gender, town and perception of mother's weight status. Children in the middle-income town had higher adjusted odds of obesity (OR = 2.58, 95% CI 1.47-4.54).Physical activity and television viewing, but not VCR/videogames use, were related to obesity prevalence in Mexican children 9-16 y old.
- Subjects :
- Male
Television viewing
Adolescent
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Energy metabolism
Physical activity
Medicine (miscellaneous)
Developmental psychology
Surveys and Questionnaires
Mexico city
Odds Ratio
Prevalence
medicine
Humans
Obesity
Child
Association (psychology)
Exercise
Mexico
Poverty
Video game
Nutrition and Dietetics
medicine.disease
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Television
Psychology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14765497 and 03070565
- Volume :
- 23
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- International Journal of Obesity
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....9a1a29872267487de73d68d4833bce3e