The degree of association between overweight and obesity with the use of electronic media among Bangladeshi adolescents.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Electronic media usage is recently considered a modifiable risk factor for overweight and obesity among adolescents. The purpose of this present study was to evaluate the association of electronic media (EM) usage with overweight and obesity among school-going adolescents.

Methods

This cross-sectional study was conducted from October to December 2019 among school-going adolescents (14-16 years old) residing in the Jashore Sadar Upazila, Jashore district of Bangladesh. A standardized questionnaire was used to collect information regarding the socio-economic status, time spent watching television, video games playing, computer, and smart mobile phone use through face-to-face interviews. Age- and sex-specific body mass index (BMI) cut-off values for overweight and ob

SUBMITTER: Shuvo SD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9858059 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature