Abstract

Screen-time activities are often used as proxies for sedentary time. We studied associations of self-reported television (TV), computer and total screen-time with accelerometer-derived total sedentary time in European children (10-12 years). Analyses showed significant positive associations between TV, computer and total screen-time with total sedentary time for the total sample, however, the explained variance was low and stratified analyses only revealed a significant positive association between total screen-time and total sedentary time in boys and between computer time and total sedentary time in Dutch children. This suggests that self-reported TV and computer time do not adequately reflect total sedentary time in schoolchildren.

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Verloigne M, Van Lippevelde W, Maes L, Yildirim M, Chinapaw M, Manios Y, Androutsos O, Kovács É, Bringolf-Isler B, Brug J, De Bourdeaudhuij I

Institution

Department of Movement and Sport Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium. maite.verloigne@ugent.be

Source

European journal of public health 23:1 2013 Feb pg 30-2

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Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Language

eng

PubMed ID

22544913