Television viewing and overweight and obesity amongst children

The process of modernization has brought about changes in lifestyle of people leading to improvement in standard of living but it is associated with certain unwanted life styles like decreased physical activity and increased sedentary work. Thus, improvement in motorized transport availability of ho...

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Main Authors: Umesh Kapil, Ajeet Singh Bhadoria
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-10-01
Series:Biomedical Journal
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Online Access:http://www.biomedj.org/article.asp?issn=2319-4170;year=2014;volume=37;issue=5;spage=337;epage=338;aulast=Kapil
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Summary:The process of modernization has brought about changes in lifestyle of people leading to improvement in standard of living but it is associated with certain unwanted life styles like decreased physical activity and increased sedentary work. Thus, improvement in motorized transport availability of house hold gadgets like washing machine, vaccum cleaners, dish washers all tend to reduce activity level. Obese and overweight individuals are less active than their lean counterparts. Cross sectional data often reveals that there is an inverse relationship between BMI and physical activity both among adults and children.
ISSN:2319-4170
2320-2890