Television, adiposity, and cardiometabolic risk in children and adolescents.

ABSTRACT:

Background

It is largely unknown how TV use relates to depot-specific adiposity or cardiometabolic risk in children.

Purpose

To examine relationships between having a TV in the bedroom and TV viewing time with total fat mass, abdominal subcutaneous and visceral adiposity, and cardiometabolic risk in children and adolescents.

Methods

A cross-sectional study of 369 children and adolescents aged 5-18 years was conducted (2010-2011; analysis 2011-2012). Waist circumference; resting blood pressure; fasting triglycerides, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol [HDL-C] and glucose; fat mass by dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry; and abdominal subcutaneous and visceral adiposity by MRI were assessed. Cardiometabolic risk was defined as three or more risk factors including adverse

SUBMITTER: Staiano AE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3527837 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature