Screen Time and Body Mass Index Among Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is no summative quantitative study that report the difference in BMI in high screen user children and adolescents or give a difference in screen time in children and adolescents with obesity vs. children and adolescents without obesity. In the current meta-analysis we systematically summarized the association between obesity and screen time and meta-analyzed the results.

Methods

A systematic search from Scopus, PubMed and Embase electronic databases. Studies that evaluated the association between screen time and obesity up to June 2021.

Results

Results revealed that those at the highest screen time category had 0.7 kg/m² higher BMI (WMD = 0.703; CI = 0.128, 1.278; P < 0.016; I ² = 95.8%). Moreover, children and adol

SUBMITTER: Wu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9127358 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature