Television viewing habits and their influence on physical activity and childhood overweight

OBJECTIVES: To assess the prevalence of television (TV) viewing habits and their association with childhood sedentary lifestyle and overweight in 8-year-old children, from a cohort in a city in Southern Brazil.METHODS: A prospective cohort study with hospital screening of all births that occurred fr...

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Main Authors: Gisele F. Dutra, Cristina C. Kaufmann, Alessandra D.B. Pretto, Elaine P. Albernaz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-08-01
Series:Jornal de Pediatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0021-75572015000400346&lng=en&tlng=en