The worldwide association between television viewing and obesity in children and adolescents: cross sectional study.

<h4>Background</h4>Studies exploring the effect of television viewing on obesity throughout childhood are conflicting. Most studies have been confined to single high-income countries. Our aim was to examine the association between television viewing habits and Body Mass Index (BMI) in ad...

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Main Authors: Irene Braithwaite, Alistair W Stewart, Robert J Hancox, Richard Beasley, Rinki Murphy, Edwin A Mitchell, ISAAC Phase Three Study Group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24086327/pdf/?tool=EBI