Relationships between media use, body fatness and physical activity in children and youth: a meta-analysis

By S. Marshall, Stuart J. H. Biddle, T. Gorely, N. Cameron, I. Murdey. International Journal of Obesity, 2004

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Subfields: Education, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Sociology and Political Science

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In Education

1. Drew P. Cingel
2. Marina Krcmar
3. R. Braithwaite

In Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

1. G. Healy
2. N. Owen
3. Mark S. Tremblay
4. Maurício Rodrigues Lopes
5. J. Rey-López
6. Ulf Ekelund
7. Stuart J. H. Biddle
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2. Stuart J. H. Biddle
3. Drew P. Cingel
4. Marina Krcmar
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Citations in the corpus

• Sedentary Behavior and Health Outcomes: An Overview of Systematic Reviews (2014, background): “Other systematic reviews analyzed whether sedentary behavior was associated with: physical activity, [19,24] aggression, [20] unhealthy dietary intake (e.”
• Physiological and health implications of a sedentary lifestyle. (2010, background): “One review concluded, however, that the association between TV viewing time and obesity in children is weak and unlikely to be clinically relevant (Marshall et al. 2004).”
• Physical activity and mental health in children and adolescents: a review of reviews (2011, background): “TV viewing and weight status [32], with more recent studies looking at screen time (i.”
• Early‐life determinants of overweight and obesity: a review of systematic reviews (2010, background): “Physical activity and sedentary behaviour A systematic review by Marshall and colleagues looked at television viewing and video/computer games and found a statistically significant association with body fatness among children and youth and a negative association with physical activity (86).”
• TV Viewing and Physical Activity Are Independently Associated with Metabolic Risk in Children: The European Youth Heart Study (2006, background): “Excessive TV viewing has been linked to obesity [4–8], although the effect size appears to be small [4].”