Objective To estimate the influence of early childhood television exposure on fourth-grade
academic, psychosocial, and lifestyle characteristics. Design Prospective longitudinal study. …

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of mortality in women. In fact, CVD is
responsible for a third of all deaths of women worldwide and half of all deaths of women over …

Objective: Obesity prevention in childhood is important. However, changing children's lifestyle
behaviors to reduce overweight is a substantial challenge. Accurately perceiving oneself …

To map out area effects on health research, this study had the following aims: (1) to inventory
multilevel investigations of area effects on self rated health, cardiovascular diseases and …

This scientific statement is about sedentary behavior and its relationship to obesity and
other cardiometabolic outcomes in youth. A deleterious effect of sedentary behavior on …

Objective To determine whether there is a relationship between the time adolescents spend
in physical activity and time they spend in different sedentary pursuits: watching television, …

Background Parents play a critical role in their children's lifestyle habits. The objective was
to assess the effect of parenting style on the risk of childhood obesity, and to determine …

Background Adolescent physical activity (PA) levels track into adulthood. However it is not
known if type of PA participated in during adolescence is associated with PA levels later in life…

Background: Using a large population-based sample, this study aims to verify whether
televiewing at 29 mo, a common early childhood pastime, is prospectively associated with school …

BACKGROUND: Concern has been raised regarding the increased prevalence of physical
inactivity among children. Active transportation, such as walking and cycling to school, is an …