SEDENTARY BEHAVIOR RELATED TO OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS
This study aimed to investigate the relationship of time spent on TV and in the use of computer and video game with overweight and obesity in children and adolescents. The sample was composed by 114 individuals. The time spent watching TV as well as the use of the computers and of the video games wa...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2010 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG) |
| Repositorio: | Pensar a Prática (Online) |
| Idioma: | portugués inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.revistas.ufg.br:article/6709 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.ufg.br/fef/article/view/6709 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Comportamento sedentário Sobrepeso e obesidade Crianças e adolescentes |
| Sumario: | This study aimed to investigate the relationship of time spent on TV and in the use of computer and video game with overweight and obesity in children and adolescents. The sample was composed by 114 individuals. The time spent watching TV as well as the use of the computers and of the video games was obtained by recall questionnaire. The cutoff used was 120 minutes. The body mass and height were measured to calculate the BMI and the nutritional status was determined by the protocol proposed by Conde and Monteiro (2006). Logistic regression was used to obtain odds ratio, with confidence interval of 95% (p <0.05). Individuals who spent more than 120 minutes per day with computers and/or video games have 2.6 times more chance to present excess of weight.Keywords: Sedentary Behavior - Overweight and Obesity - Children and Adolescents |
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