Association between television viewing and early childhood overweight and obesity: a pair-matched case-control study in China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Television (TV) viewing may affect children's obesity status. In the present study the association between TV viewing and early childhood overweight/obese status was investigated as well as the association based on age difference.

Methods

The present study included 933 children 1-5 years of age that were individually matched on a 1:2 (cases: controls) ratio based on age and community. Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel test was used to evaluate the association between TV viewing time and the related unhealthy behaviors. Conditional logistic regression models were used to quantify the association between TV viewing and children overweight/obese status in two age groups. The effects of TV viewing-related behaviors on the associations were further investigated.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Hu J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6556004 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature