Open AccessThe longitudinal association between early-life screen viewing and abdominal adiposity—findings from a multiethnic birth cohort study
Author(s) -
N. Padmapriya,
Mya Thway Tint,
Suresh Anand Sadananthan,
Navin Michael,
Bozhi Chen,
Shirong Cai,
Jia Ying Toh,
Carla Costa Lança,
Kok Hian Tan,
Seang Mei Saw,
Lynette PeiChi Shek,
Yap Seng Chong,
Peter D. Gluckman,
Yung Seng Lee,
Fabian Yap,
Marielle V. Fortier,
Mary FoongFong Chong,
Keith M. Godfrey,
Johan G. Eriksson,
S. Sendhil Velan,
Michael S. Kramer,
Jonathan Y. Bernard,
Falk MüllerRiemenschneider
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of obesity
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.663
H-Index - 225
eISSN - 1476-5497
pISSN - 0307-0565
DOI - 10.1038/s41366-021-00864-9
Subject(s) - medicine , adipose tissue , confounding , cohort , prospective cohort study , abdomen , cohort study , longitudinal study , body mass index , intra abdominal fat , magnetic resonance imaging , physiology , obesity , surgery , pathology , radiology , visceral fat , insulin resistance
Screen viewing in adults has been associated with greater abdominal adiposity, with the magnitude of associations varying by sex and ethnicity, but the evidence is lacking at younger ages. We aimed to investigate sex- and ethnic-specific associations of screen-viewing time at ages 2 and 3 years with abdominal adiposity measured by magnetic resonance imaging at age 4.5 years.