How is television time linked to cardiometabolic health in adults? A critical systematic review of the evidence for an effect of watching television on eating, movement, affect and sleep.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To improve our understanding of how television (TV) time is linked to cardiometabolic health among adults by systematically and critically evaluating the evidence that watching TV is associated with increased food consumption, lack of movement or negative affect or affects subsequent sleep.

Design

Systematic review.

Data sources

Web of Science and PubMed.

Eligibility criteria

Studies that provided quantitative evidence on short-term associations of watching TV with dietary intake, characteristics of sitting, affect and sleep among samples of healthy adults (≥18 years old).

Data extraction and synthesis

Study quality was assessed using the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Quality Assessment Tools; studies deemed to be of low quality wer

SUBMITTER: Wagnild JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8103379 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature