Parental monitoring of children's media consumption: the long-term influences on body mass index in children.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Although children's media consumption has been one of the most robust risk factors for childhood obesity, effects of specific parenting influences, such as parental media monitoring, have not been effectively investigated.

Objectives

To examine the potential influences of maternal and paternal monitoring of child media exposure and children's general activities on body mass index (BMI) in middle childhood.

Design, setting, and participants

A longitudinal study, taken from a subsample of the Three Generational Study, a predominantly white, Pacific Northwest community sample (overall participation rate, 89.6%), included assessments performed from June 1998 to September 2012. Analyses included 112 mothers, 103 fathers, and their 213 children (55.4% girls) at a

SUBMITTER: Tiberio SS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4034749 | biostudies-literature | 2014 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature