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Television Viewing as a Cause of Increasing Obesity Among Children in the United States, 1986-1990
Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine · 1996 · Vol. 150(4) · pp. 356–356
Steven L. Gortmaker✉(Massachusetts Department of Public Health)
Abstract
Television viewing affects overweight among youth, and reductions in viewing time could help prevent this increasingly common chronic health condition.
Obesity, Physical Activity, DietChild Development and Digital TechnologyMobile Health and mHealth ApplicationsOverweightDemographyConfidence intervalMedicineBody mass indexObesityOdds ratioIncidence (geometry)Socioeconomic statusOdds
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ChildFemaleHumansMaleMorbidityObesitySocioeconomic FactorsTelevisionTime FactorsUnited StatesCohort StudiesBody Mass IndexIncidencePrevalenceChi-Square Distribution
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