Abstract MP029: Higher Television Viewing Relates to Less Exercise in a Representative Sample of Irish 9 Year Olds

Circulation ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 125 (suppl_10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Deirdre Harrington ◽  
Peter T Katzmarzyk
Keyword(s):  
Representative Sample ◽  
Television Viewing ◽  
Activity Levels ◽  
Growing Up ◽  
Sedentary Behaviors ◽  
Odds Ratios ◽  
Tv Viewing ◽  
Professional Managers ◽  
Physical Activity Levels ◽  
Watching Tv

INTRODUCTION: Television (TV) viewing is blamed as a contributor to low physical activity levels in children, yet it is unclear if such a sedentary behavior actually displaces exercise. HYPOTHESIS: Children who engage in higher levels of TV viewing will be less active than children who watch <1 hour of TV/day. METHODS: This study utilized the ‘Growing up in Ireland’ (2008) first wave of data which is a longitudinal study of a representative sample of over 8,000 9 year olds. The main caregiver reported the number of hours/day the child spent watching TV/video/DVDs and responses were then classified as: <1, 1-3 and >3 hours. The number of days out of the previous 14 that the child had engaged in ‘hard’ and ‘light’ exercise for at least 20 minutes was also reported. Responses were classified as ≥9 days (highest possible answer) or ≤8 days out of 14. Odds ratios were calculated using logistic regression. RESULTS: The sample consisted of 3956 male and 4152 female 9 year olds. Overall, 12.4% of males and 14.1% of females, 32.0% of males and 32.6% of females and 4.4% of males and 4.5% of females watched <1 hour, 1-3 hours and >3 hours of TV/day respectively. Compared to children who watched less than 1 hour of TV/day, children who watched 1-3 or >3 hours/day had significantly lower odds of engaging in exercise ( Table 1 ). Table 1. Odds ratios (95% Confidence Intervals) for TV viewing and likelihood of engaging in 20 minutes of ‘hard’ and ‘light’ exercise on 9 or greater days out of 14 days. Hours of TV/Video/DVD ‘Hard Exercise’ ‘Light Exercise’ Male Female Male Female <1 Referent Referent Referent Referent 1 to 3 0.8 (0.7-0.9) 0.7 (0.6-0.9) 0.7 (0.6-0.8) 0.8 (0.7-0.9) >3 0.4 (0.3-0.6) 0.5 (0.4-0.6) 0.4 (0.3-0.5) 0.5 (0.4-0.6) Analysis controlled for social class (defined from the parent’s occupation and categorized under professional managers, non-manual/skilled manual and semi-skilled/unskilled manual) CONCLUSION: Children with higher levels of TV viewing were less likely to engage in hard or light exercise. These findings support the displacement hypothesis where sedentary behaviors reduce children’s amount of exercise.

Association Between Television Viewing and Physical Activity in 10-Year-Old Brazilian Children

2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (10) ◽  
pp. 1401-1408 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerson Luis de Moraes Ferrari ◽  
Timoteo Leandro Araujo ◽  
Luis Oliveira ◽  
Victor Matsudo ◽  
Emily Mire ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Sedentary Behavior ◽  
Television Viewing ◽  
Vigorous Physical Activity ◽  
Activity Levels ◽  
Tv Viewing ◽  
Physical Activity Levels ◽  
Brazilian Children

Background:Studies have found an association between television (TV) viewing and physical activity levels. The purpose of this study was to examine the association between TV viewing and physical activity in 10-year-old Brazilian children.Methods:The sample consisted of 485 children. Self-reported TV viewing on weekdays and weekends was assessed by questionnaire. An Actigraph GT3X+ accelerometer was used to monitor the range of physical activity intensities (including moderate-to-vigorous physical activity; MVPA), sedentary behavior (SB) and steps/day over 7 days.Results:Daily MVPA was highest among children viewing TV <1 hour/day (69 min) compared with children viewing 1 to 2 hours/day (61 min), 3 to 4 hours/day (55 min) and ≥ 5 hours/day (59 min) on weekdays (P = .0015). Differences in MVPA were not observed across TV categories on weekends. The prevalence of reaching 60 min/day of MVPA and 12,000 steps/day on weekdays was significantly greater in children viewing ≤ 2 hours/day (51.7% and 23.5%, respectively) compared with those viewing > 2 hours/day (38.6%, P = .0058; and 15.1%, P = .0291, respectively). There was no difference in SB across TV viewing categories.Conclusion:Time spent in MVPA and the frequency of meeting MVPA guidelines were significantly higher among children viewing ≤ 2 hours/day of TV on weekdays compared with those viewing more.

Cultivation and Counter Cultivation: Does Religiosity Shape the Relationship between Television Viewing and Estimates of Crime Prevalence and Assessment of Victimization Likelihood?

2013 ◽  
Vol 112 (1) ◽  
pp. 303-324 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amir Hetsroni ◽  
Hila Lowenstein
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Representative Sample ◽  
Television Viewing ◽  
Prime Time ◽  
Tv Viewing ◽  
Urban District ◽  
Watching Tv ◽  
The Relationship

Religiosity may change the direction of the effect of TV viewing on assessment of the likelihood of personal victimization and estimates concerning crime prevalence. A content analysis of a representative sample of TV programming (56 hours of prime-time shows) was done to identify the most common crimes on television, followed by a survey of a representative sample of the adult public in a large urban district (778 respondents) who were asked to estimate the prevalence of these crimes and to assess the likelihood of themselves being victimized. People who defined themselves as non-religious increased their estimates of prevalence for crimes often depicted on TV, as they reported more time watching TV (ordinary cultivation effect), whereas estimates regarding the prevalence of crime and assessment of victimization likelihood among religious respondents were lower with reports of more time devoted to television viewing (counter-cultivation effect).

Abstract MP92: Sedentary Behavior: Do Television-viewing and Total Time Sitting Measure the Same Component?

Circulation ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 129 (suppl_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Heather A McGrane Minton ◽  
Kelly Thevenet-Morrison ◽  
I. Diana Fernandez
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Sedentary Behavior ◽  
Television Viewing ◽  
Weighted Kappa ◽  
Sitting Time ◽  
Viewing Time ◽  
Kappa Statistics ◽  
Sedentary Behaviors ◽  
Tv Viewing

Background: Sedentary behaviors (SB) are activities associated with prolonged time periods of sitting, reclining, or laying down during waking hours. While the relation between SB and physical activity is complex, the common consensus is that SB is not the absence of physical activity and consists of its own determinants posing distinct health outcomes. These behaviors are of significant public health importance as the majority of Americans spend much of their days in SB and due to the increased risks of morbidity and mortality associated with SB. Adverse health outcomes associated with SB include cardiovascular disease, obesity, metabolic syndrome, hypertension and mortality. Television-viewing time and total sitting time have both been used widely to assess time spent in SB and therefore we hypothesize that TV-viewing time and total hours sitting will have high concordance and can be used interchangeably to represent sedentary behaviors. Methods: Using a sample (n = 2858) from the Images of a Healthy Worksite study, a group-randomized control trial involving nutrition and physical activity, the current study assessed how two different tools measured time spent in SB. Tertiles were created based upon the distribution of hours sitting and hours spent TV-vewing. Weighted Kappa statistics were used to measure concordance between hours of TV-viewing and total hours of time spent sitting for the entire sample and for subgroup analyses. Results: Weighted Kappa statistics for tertiles of hours sitting and tv hours were 0.0046, indicating little agreement on the television and the sitting items. Kappa w statistics for BMI categories also showed poor agreement (obese Kappa w = 0.02, overweight Kappa w = 0.002, and healthy subjects Kappa w = 0.006. The Kappa w statistics for males and females were -0.006 and 0.02, respectively. Kappa w statistics for the intervention group (Kappa w = 0.007) and for the control group (Kappa w = 0.0005) also showed little agreement. Conclusions: These results suggest that although commonly used, using television viewing time and total time spent sitting as interchangeable markers of SB, is not a valid assumption. We propose that total time spent sitting and hours spent television-viewing represent different domains within the construct of sedentary behavior. It is important for future researchers to use measures of sedentary behavior that capture the numerous domains involved in measuring SB to allow for the most sensitive measurement of this high-risk behavior.

scholarly journals PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND SEDENTARY BEHAVIORS: IMPACT ON SELF-RATED HEALTH AND PHYSICAL OUTCOMES IN CANCER SURVIVORS

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S387-S387
Author(s):  
Shirley M Bluethmann ◽  
Eileen Flores ◽  
Charles Matthews ◽  
Frank Perna
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Cancer Survivors ◽  
Functional Limitations ◽  
Sedentary Behaviors ◽  
National Data ◽  
Tv Viewing ◽  
Self Rated Health ◽  
Excellent Health ◽  
Watching Tv

Abstract Physical activity (PA) and avoidance of inactivity are recommended in cancer survivorship. But survivors are not meeting these recommendations. We used national data (NHANES) collected 2011-2014 (n=9620) to estimate associations of PA and TV viewing with 3 health outcomes: self-rated health, functional limitations and multimorbidity in older cancer survivors and adults without cancer. Greater PA was associated with reporting excellent health in survivors. Survivors that obtained 22.5+ MET-hours/week were 5.5 times more likely to report excellent health than those that did no exercise (OR=5.5, p&lt;.001). We observed a decrease in likelihood of multimorbidity and functional limitations with increasing PA (both significant at p&lt;.001). We noted survivors that abstained from watching TV were 3x more likely to report excellent health and between 60-80% less likely to report functional limitations and multimorbidity than TV watchers (p&lt;001). Findings with non-cancer adults were similar. Survivors need PA and reduced TV to maximize health outcomes.

Results from the United States’ 2014 Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth

2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (s1) ◽  
pp. S105-S112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kara N. Dentro ◽  
Kim Beals ◽  
Scott E. Crouter ◽  
Joey C. Eisenmann ◽  
Thomas L. McKenzie ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
United States ◽  
Sport Participation ◽  
Comprehensive Evaluation ◽  
The United States ◽  
Report Card ◽  
Children And Youth ◽  
Activity Levels ◽  
Sedentary Behaviors ◽  
Physical Activity Levels

Background:The National Physical Activity Plan Alliance partnered with physical activity experts to develop a report card that provides a comprehensive assessment of physical activity among United States children and youth.Methods:The 2014 U.S. Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth includes 10 indicators: overall physical activity levels, sedentary behaviors, active transportation, organized sport participation, active play, health-related fitness, family and peers, school, community and the built environment, and government strategies and investments. Data from nationally representative surveys were used to provide a comprehensive evaluation of the physical activity indicators. The Committee used the best available data source to grade the indicators using a standard rubric.Results:Approximately one-quarter of children and youth 6 to 15 years of age were at least moderately active for 60 min/day on at least 5 days per week. The prevalence was lower among youth compared with younger children, resulting in a grade of D- for overall physical activity levels. Five of the remaining 9 indicators received grades ranging from B- to F, whereas there was insufficient data to grade 4 indicators, highlighting the need for more research in some areas.Conclusions:Physical activity levels among U.S. children and youth are low and sedentary behavior is high, suggesting that current infrastructure, policies, programs, and investments in support of children’s physical activity are not sufficient.

scholarly journals Psychosocial and Environmental Correlates of Sedentary Behaviors in Spanish Children

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Aznar ◽  
M. T. Lara ◽  
A. Queralt ◽  
J. Molina-Garcia
Keyword(s):  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Leisure Time ◽  
Mixed Model ◽  
Sedentary Behaviors ◽  
Tv Viewing ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Environmental Correlates ◽  
Independent Variable ◽  
Objectively Measured ◽  
Watching Tv

Purpose. To evaluate children’s psychosocial and environmental factors associated with sedentary behavior (SB).Method. The study involved a total of 420 children (mean 9.2 years; 52.9% girls) from the community of Madrid, Spain. SB and physical activity (PA) were objectively measured using accelerometers. TV viewing and potential correlates were assessed by questionnaire. Mixed-model regression analysis, adjusted for clustering within school locations, evaluated the relation of each independent variable with SBs.Results. Girls showed higher levels of SB than boys, whereas boys reported more TV viewing (p<.001in all cases). Regression analysis showed that MVPA levels were negatively related to objective SB measurement in both boys and girls (p<.001). Parent and friend support to PA were negatively associated with SB on weekdays in boys and girls, respectively (p<.05). In the boys’ group, parental professional level was a positive predictor of SB on weekend days (p=.011). Boys with more positive neighborhood perceptions spent less time watching TV (p<.001), whereas mother’s leisure-time PA level was a negative correlate of TV viewing in girls’ group (p<.01).Conclusion. Different psychosocial and environmental correlates of SB were identified. Present findings are promising targets for interventions to improve children’s health.

scholarly journals Effective Strategies for Promoting Physical Activity through the Use of Digital Media among School-Age Children: A Systematic Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (20) ◽  
pp. 11270
Author(s):  
Giovanni Angelo Navarra ◽  
Ewan Thomas ◽  
Antonino Scardina ◽  
Mohammad Izadi ◽  
Daniele Zangla ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Systematic Review ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
School Age Children ◽  
Activity Levels ◽  
School Age ◽  
Sedentary Behaviors ◽  
Eligibility Criteria ◽  
Physical Activity Levels

Digital media are widespread among school-age children, and their incorrect use may lead to an increase in sedentary levels and the consequences associated with it. There are still few studies that have investigated whether physical activity levels could be increased through their use. The aim of this study was to systematically review the scientific literature in order to identify whether digital strategies and technologies are capable of increasing the level of physical activity. A literature search was performed using the following databases: Pubmed, Scopus, and Web of Science. The main outcomes evaluated the increase in physical activity levels, the number of steps, and the reduction of sedentary behaviors. Two trained researchers independently assessed eligible studies against eligibility criteria, extracted data, and assessed the risk of bias. The Downs and Black checklist was used to assess the quality of the included studies. A total of 15 studies (1122 children) were included in this systematic review, with a mean age of 8.45 ± 0.70 years. Quality assessment of the studies observed a “moderate quality” of the included records. The results of this systematic review highlight that digital media can be applied as a way to improve the levels of physical activity in children to contrast a sedentary lifestyle. The main limitations of the study are the heterogeneity within the exercise protocols and the paucity of studies involving school-age children. More research is needed to confirm our findings also due to continuing technological progress.

22-OR: Exploring the Association between Physical Activity Levels and Sedentary Behaviors with Risk of T2DM from Childhood to Adolescence: A Causal Inference Analysis

Diabetes ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 70 (Supplement 1) ◽  
pp. 22-OR
Author(s):  
SOREN HARNOIS-LEBLANC ◽  
ANDRAEA VAN HULST ◽  
TRACIE A. BARNETT ◽  
MARIE-EVE MATHIEU ◽  
GILLES PARADIS ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Causal Inference ◽  
Activity Levels ◽  
Sedentary Behaviors ◽  
Physical Activity Levels

scholarly journals Results From England’s 2016 Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (s2) ◽  
pp. S143-S149 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hannah Wilkie ◽  
Martyn Standage ◽  
Lauren Sherar ◽  
Sean Cumming ◽  
Caley Parnell ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Sport Participation ◽  
Report Card ◽  
Activity Levels ◽  
Sedentary Behaviors ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
Active Play ◽  
Physical Activity Levels ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
Children’S Physical Activity

Background:Regular physical activity improves physical and mental health, yet children’s physical activity levels were low in England’s 2014 Report Card. Within this paper, we update the 2014 Report Card to assess current information for the 9 indicators of physical activity.Methods:A search for nationally representative data on 9 indicators of physical activity was conducted and the data were assessed by an expert panel. The panel assigned grades [ie, A, B, C, D, F, or INC (incomplete)] to each indicator based on whether children across England were achieving specific benchmarks. The 2016 Report Card was produced and disseminated.Results:The following grades were awarded: Overall Physical Activity Levels: D-; Organized Sport Participation: D; Active Play: INC; Active Transportation: C-; Sedentary Behaviors: INC; Family and Peers: INC; School: B+; Community and the Built Environment: B; Government Strategies and Investment: INC.Conclusions:The grades have not improved since the 2014 Report Card and several gaps in the literature are still present. While children’s physical activity levels remain low alongside competing sedentary choices, further national plans and investment with local actions are urgently needed to promote physical activity especially via active play, active transport, and family support.

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