Body size, physical activity, and exposure to television in preschoolers英文文献资料.docVIP

Vol.2, No.3, 359-363 (2012) Open Journal of Preventive Medicine /10.4236/ojpm.2012.23052 Body size, physical activity, and exposure to television in preschoolers Melody Oliver , Philip J. Schluter , Grant M. Schofield 1* 2,3 1 1 Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition, National Institute for Public Health and Mental Health Research, Auckland University of Corresponding Author: melody.oliver@aut.ac.nz Department of Public Health General Practice, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand School of Nursing and Midwifery, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia Technology, Auckland, New Zealand; 2 * 3 Received 2 March 2012; revised 21 April 2012; accepted 18 May 2012 ABSTRACT substantial health burden [1,2]. Physical activity (PA) is fundamental to obesity prevention and treatment in pre- schoolers, and is essential for physical and psychological health and development [3-7]. Conversely, inactivity, often classified using sedentary behaviours such as tele- vision (TV) watching time, has been linked with in- creased body size in young children [8-12]. Understanding the relationships between body size, inactivity, and PA is necessary to inform effective inter- vention development. As part of a larger project to de- velop a protocol for accelerometer data reduction with preschoolers [13], we also assessed the number of house- hold TV sets, presence of TV in the child’s bedroom, and average child TV/movie watching hours on weekdays and weekend days. Body size was determined using waist circumference (WC) and body mass index (BMI). Relationships between child body size, PA, and TV ex- posure were estimated using generalised estimating equation (GEE) methods. Objective: To investigate relationships between preschool-aged children’s body size and physic- cal activity, exposure