Open AccessTelevision watching and risk of childhood obesity: a meta-analysis
Author(s) -
Gang Zhang,
Lei Wu,
Lingling Zhou,
Weifeng Lu,
Chunting Mao
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
european journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.056
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1464-360X
pISSN - 1101-1262
DOI - 10.1093/eurpub/ckv213
Subject(s) - childhood obesity , meta analysis , obesity , medicine , confidence interval , subgroup analysis , screen time , demography , early childhood , pediatrics , overweight , psychology , developmental psychology , sociology
Over the last few decades, there has been a worldwide epidemic of childhood obesity. An important step in successful prevention in paediatrics is the identification of modifiable risk factors of childhood obesity. Many studies have evaluated the associations between television (TV) watching and childhood obesity but yielded inconsistent results.
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