Fifteen-Year Prospective Analysis of Television Viewing and Adiposity in African American and Caucasian Men and Women | Zendy

ChungYu Chen | Zendy; Mark A. Pereira | Zendy; Kevin H. Kim | Zendy; Darin J. Erickson | Zendy; David R. Jacobs | Zendy; Janice C. Zgibor | Zendy; Tammy Chung | Zendy; Stephen Sidney | Zendy; Carlos Iribarren | Zendy; Anthony Fabio | Zendy

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Fifteen-Year Prospective Analysis of Television Viewing and Adiposity in African American and Caucasian Men and Women

Author(s) -

ChungYu Chen,

Mark A. Pereira,

Kevin H. Kim,

Darin J. Erickson,

David R. Jacobs,

Janice C. Zgibor,

Tammy Chung,

Stephen Sidney,

Carlos Iribarren,

Anthony Fabio

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

sage open

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.357

H-Index - 32

ISSN - 2158-2440

DOI - 10.1177/2158244015600480

Subject(s) - waist , body mass index , obesity , medicine , association (psychology) , demography , anthropometry , prospective cohort study , gerontology , psychology , sociology , psychotherapist

There are limited data from long-term prospective studies on theassociation between television (TV) viewing and obesity. We investigated thisassociation between TV viewing and body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WST)over 15 years on 3,269 participants from the Coronary Artery Risk Development in YoungAdults (CARDIA) study. We used cross-lagged panel models at exam Years 5, 10, 15, and 20over 15 years to assess the association between TV viewing and obesity. The cross-laggedeffects of TV viewing on anthropometry were significant from exam Year 5 to Year 10 (B =0.034 for BMI and 0.036 for WST). However, the cross-lagged effects of TV viewing atYears 10 and 15 on obesity at Years 15 and 20, respectively, were nonsignificant. Thefindings indicate that higher levels of TV viewing predicted higher BMI and WC in youngadulthood, but this association was not observed as individuals aged over the followingdecade

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