Television exposure and overweight risk in preschoolers
Television exposure and overweight risk in preschoolers
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DOI:
10.1001/archpedi.160.4.417
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发表时间:
2006-04-01
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通讯作者:
Bradley, RH
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Lumeng, JC;Rahnama, S;Bradley, RH
Objective: To test the independent effect of television exposure in preschool-aged children on overweight risk.Design: Cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development.Setting: Ten US sites.Participants: One thousand sixteen children selected via conditional random sampling.Main Exposure: Being awake in the room with the television on for 2 hours or more per day, by maternal report at age 36 months.Main Outcome Measures: Child overweight ( body mass index [ calculated as weight in kilograms divided by the square of height in meters] >= 95th percentile) calculated from measured anthropometrics at ages 36 and 54 months. Covariates tested included child sex and race; maternal marital status, education, age, and depressive symptoms; income-needs ratio, child behavior problems; Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment total score; hours per week in nonparental care; and proportion of television exposure that was educational.Results: At age 36 months, 5.8% of children were overweight; at age 54 months, 10.0% were overweight. Exposure to 2 or more hours of television per day was associated with an increased risk of overweight at both age 36 months (odds ratio, 2.92; 95% confidence interval, 1.36-6.24) and age 54 months (odds ratio, 1.71; 95% confidence interval, 1.03-2.83) in unadjusted analyses. Only maternal age altered the concurrent relationship, and the effect of television remained significant (odds ratio, 2.61; 95% confidence interval, 1.21-5.62). Television exposure at age 36 months was no longer a significant predictor of overweight at age 54 months when controlling for covariates.Conclusion: Excessive television exposure is a risk factor for overweight in preschoolers independent of a number of potential confounders associated with the quality of the home environment.