Excessive screen time is associated with maternal rejection behaviours in pre‐school children

2020 ◽  
Vol 56 (7) ◽  
pp. 1077-1082
Author(s):  
Meryem Erat Nergiz ◽  
Nilgün Çaylan ◽  
Sıddika Songül Yalçin ◽  
Ayşe Oflu ◽  
Özlem Tezol ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
School Children ◽  
Screen Time ◽  
Maternal Rejection

scholarly journals Compliance with 24-h Movement Behaviour Guidelines among Belgian Pre-School Children: The ToyBox-Study

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (10) ◽  
pp. 2171 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marieke De Craemer ◽  
Duncan McGregor ◽  
Odysseas Androutsos ◽  
Yannis Manios ◽  
Greet Cardon
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Sedentary Behaviour ◽  
Sleep Duration ◽  
School Children ◽  
Screen Time ◽  
Complete Data ◽  
Total Physical Activity ◽  
Movement Behaviour ◽  
Objectively Measured

The 24-h day—containing physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep—in pre-school children has not yet been extensively investigated. The aim of the current study was to investigate pre-schoolers’ compliance with the 24-h movement behaviour guidelines (i.e., three hours/day total physical activity, a maximum of one hour/day of screen time and 10–13 h sleep/night). In total, 595 pre-schoolers (53.3% boys, mean age: 4.2 years) provided complete data for the three behaviours. Physical activity was objectively measured with accelerometers, while screen time and sleep were parent-reported through questionnaires. The proportion of pre-schoolers complying with the 24-h movement behaviour guidelines was calculated on weekdays and on weekend days. Low compliance rates were found: 10.1% on weekdays and only 4.3% on weekend days. The majority of pre-schoolers complied with the sleep duration guidelines (>90% on weekdays and weekend days), followed by the screen time guidelines (61% on weekdays and 28% on weekend days). The lowest compliance rates were found for physical activity (<20% on weekdays and weekend days). Overall, low percentages of pre-schoolers complying with the 24-h movement behaviour guidelines were found, and the lowest compliance was found for physical activity.

Young Children’s After-School Activities—There’s More to It Than Screen Time: A Cross-Sectional Study of Young Primary School Children

2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 8-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lina Engelen ◽  
Anita C Bundy ◽  
Adrian Bauman ◽  
Geraldine Naughton ◽  
Shirley Wyver ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Real Time ◽  
School Children ◽  
Screen Time ◽  
Primary School Children ◽  
After School ◽  
Physically Active ◽  
School Activities ◽  
After School Activities ◽  
Sedentary Activities

Background:Children can spend substantial amounts of leisure time in sedentary activities, dominated by TV/screen time. However, objective real-time measurement of activities after school among young school children is seldom described.Methods:School children (n = 246, 5−7 years old, mean 6.0) and their parents were recruited by random selection from 14 schools across Sydney, Australia. Parents used a real-time objective measure (Experience Sampling Method, ESM) to record children’s activities and whether they were indoors or outdoors at 3 random times each day after school. Data were collected across 4 weekdays in 1 week and then, 13 weeks later, another 4 weekdays in 1 week.Results:Results were based on 2940 responses from 214 childparent dyads showed that 25% of behavior involved physical activity, 51% was spent in sedentary activities, and 22% was TV/ screen time. Most instances (81%) occurred indoors.Conclusion:Despite a high proportion of TV/screen time, children were also engaged in a range of other sedentary and physically active pursuits after school. Hence TV/screen time is not a suitable proxy for all sedentary behavior, and it is important to gather information on other non–screen-based sedentary and physically active behaviors. Future research is warranted to further investigate after-school activities in young primary school children.

scholarly journals Longitudinal association between smartphone ownership and depression among schoolchildren under COVID-19 pandemic

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masaki Adachi ◽  
Michio Takahashi ◽  
Hiroki Shinkawa ◽  
Hiroyuki Mori ◽  
Tomoko Nishimura ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Risk Factor ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Health Effects ◽  
School Children ◽  
Screen Time ◽  
The Other ◽  
Time Points ◽  
Longitudinal Association ◽  
Mental Health Effects

AbstractUnder the COVID-19 pandemic, concerns regarding prolonged screen time and mental health effects in children have increased. We examined the association of depression with smartphone ownership in school children at four time points: September 2019, July 2020, December 2020, and March 2021. The analysis revealed an interaction between group and time, indicating that depressive symptoms among smartphone owners were significantly more severe than in the other group. These results were clearer for fourth-year students, pointing that smartphone possession at younger ages may be a risk factor for mental health in the new lifestyle caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

scholarly journals PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND SCREEN TIME: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY IN ALIGARH, NORTH INDIA

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 166
Author(s):  
Sameena Ahmad ◽  
Ali Jafar Abedi ◽  
Mohammad Athar Ansari ◽  
Salman Khalil ◽  
Mohd. Najmul Aqib Khan
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
School Children ◽  
Screen Time ◽  
Good Health ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
North India ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Time Duration ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Physically Active

ABSTRACTChildren have been exposed to electronic devices. They grow up thinking that these devices are a part of their daily lives. As they get older, their dependency on such devices grows, even during school days. As a result, their physical activity is hardly handled even until they reach adulthood. This study assessed the frequency of physical activity, duration of screen time, and association between these variables amongst school children. This cross-sectional study was conducted among 800 school-based adolescents aged 12 to 14 years at A.M.U. High Schools, Aligarh, in July 2018 to June 2019. Students were asked about their physical activity and screen habits by disseminating a self- reported questionnaire. The data were analyzed in SPSS version 20.0. The study found that most of the students had adequate physical activities (75.51%), while the reported screen time duration was also adequate for most (59.1%).The association between the two variables was not statistically significant (p > 0.05). For the students with inadequate frequency of physical activity and enough duration of screen time, interventions should be done both at family and school levels to make them more physically active and better at performing studies and reaping the benefits of good health. Keywords: physical activity, school children, adolescents, screen time

scholarly journals Screen time duration and timing: effects on obesity, physical activity, dry eyes, and learning ability in elementary school children

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yui Mineshita ◽  
Hyeon-Ki Kim ◽  
Hanako Chijiki ◽  
Takuya Nanba ◽  
Takae Shinto ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Elementary School ◽  
Academic Performance ◽  
School Children ◽  
Screen Time ◽  
Elementary School Children ◽  
Learning Ability ◽  
School Students ◽  
Dry Eyes ◽  
Timing Effects

Abstract Background As internet use becomes more widespread, the screen time (ST) of elementary school students increases yearly. It is known that longer durations of ST can affect obesity, physical activity, dry eye disease, and learning ability. However, the effects of ST just before bedtime have not been clarified. Therefore, we examined ST duration and timing effects on elementary school children. Methods We conducted a survey of 7419 elementary school students in Tokyo, Japan using a questionnaire on food education. ST duration and timing (just before bedtime) served as the explanatory variables, and the relationship between obesity, physical activity, dry eyes, and learning ability was analyzed using logistic regression analysis. Gender, school year, height, and weight were considered confounding factors. First, we examined whether ST duration and timing were related to each objective variable, using a univariate model to examine all variables. Thereafter, we performed multivariate logistic regression analyses for all variables showing a significant difference in the univariate models. Results A significant association was observed between ST duration and obesity, physical activity, and academic performance, indicating that a longer ST duration may lead to obesity, decreased physical activity, and decreased academic performance. ST timing was associated with obesity, dry eyes, and academic performance, and ST immediately before bedtime contributed to obesity, dry eyes, and reduced academic performance. Furthermore, the results of investigating the combined effect of ST duration and timing (immediately before bedtime) on these factors revealed that ST timing has a greater effect on dry eyes, and ST duration has a greater effect on academic performance. Conclusion Our findings indicate that ST in school children is related to obesity, physical activity, dry eyes, and learning ability, and they suggest that not only the duration but also the timing of ST is important.

scholarly journals The Impact of Summer Vacation on Children’s Obesogenic Behaviors and Body Mass Index: A natural experiment.

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
R Glenn Weaver ◽  
Bridget Armstrong ◽  
Ethan Hunt ◽  
Michael Beets ◽  
Keith Brazendale ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
School Children ◽  
Screen Time ◽  
Traditional Schools ◽  
Sedentary Behaviors ◽  
Traditional School ◽  
Summer Vacation ◽  
Year Round School ◽  
Obesogenic Behaviors ◽  
School Day ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Background: Children’s BMI gain accelerates during summer. The Structured Days Hypothesis posits that the lack of the school day during summer vacation negatively impacts children’s obesogenic behaviors (i.e., physical activity, screen time, diet, sleep). This natural experiment examined the impact of summer vacation on children’s obesogenic behaviors and body mass index (BMI).Methods: Elementary-aged children (n=285, 5-12years, 48.7% male, 57.4% African American) attending a year-round (n=97) and two match-paired traditional schools (n=188) in the United States participated in this study. Rather than taking a long break from school during the summer like traditional schools, year-round schools take shorter and more frequent breaks from school. This difference in school calendars allowed for obesogenic behaviors to be collected during three conditions: Condition 1) all children attend school, Condition 2) year-round children attend school while traditional children were on summer vacation, and Condition 3) summer vacation for all children. Changes in BMI z-score were collected for the corresponding school years and summers. Multi-level mixed effects regressions estimated obesogenic behaviors and monthly zBMI changes. It was hypothesized that children would experience unhealthy changes in obesogenic behaviors when entering summer vacation because the absence of the school day (i.e., Condition 1 vs. 2 for traditional school children and 2 vs. 3 for year-round school children).Results: From Condition 1 to 2 traditional school children experienced statistically significantly greater unhealthy changes in daily minutes sedentary (∆=24.2, 95CI=10.2, 38.2), screen time minutes (∆=33.7, 95CI=17.2, 50.3), sleep midpoint time (∆=73:43, 95CI=65:33, 81:53), and sleep efficiency percentage (-∆=0.7, 95CI=-1.1, -0.3) when compared to year-round school children. Alternatively, from Condition 2 to 3 traditional school children experienced statistically significantly smaller unhealthy changes in daily minutes sedentary (∆=-54.5, 95CI=-70.9, -38.0), MVPA minutes (∆=11.4, 95CI=3.7, 19.1), screen time minutes (∆=-46.5, 95CI=-63.0, -30.0), sleep midpoint time (∆=-95:54, 95CI=-106:22, -85:26), and sleep efficiency percentage (-∆=0.7, 95CI=-1.1, -0.3) when compared to year-round school children. Monthly zBMI gain accelerated during summer for traditional (∆=0.033 95CI=0.019, 0.047) but not year-round school children (∆=0.004, 95CI=-0.014, 0.023).Conclusions: This study suggests that the lack of the school day during summer vacation negatively impacts sedentary behaviors, sleep timing, and screen time. Changes in sedentary behaviors, screen time, and sleep midpoint may contribute to accelerated summer BMI gain. Providing structured programming during summer vacation may positively impact these behaviors, and in turn, mitigate accelerated summer BMI gain. Trial Registration: ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03397940. Registered January 12th 2018.

scholarly journals Association of screen time with physical activity and BMI in middle school children at Tamil Nadu, India

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 78
Author(s):  
S. Santha Kumar ◽  
S. Alph Shirley
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Middle School ◽  
School Children ◽  
Screen Time ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Vigorous Physical Activity ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Middle School Children ◽  
Cross Sectional

Background: The objective of this study was to find the association of screen time with physical activity and BMI in middle school children in the age group of 11 to 13 years in Tamil Nadu, India.Methods: This cross-sectional observational study was conducted among 139 middle school children aged 11 to 13 years at the state of Tamil Nadu, India from June 2019 to August 2019. Data regarding screen time and physical activity were collected from the children using a predesigned questionnaire and anthropometric measurements done. The data collected were analyzed with suitable statistical methods using SPSS 25 software.Results: Of the 139 children, 46(33.1%) were 11 years, 48(34.5%) were 12 years and 45(32.4%) were 13 years old. 74(53.2%) were male and 65(46.8%) were female. Majority of the study subjects (52.5%) had an average daily screen time of >120 minutes followed by 61 to 120 minutes (28.8%) and ≤60 minutes (18.7%). Of the 139 children studied, only 31.7% (44 children) followed the WHO recommendations of moderate to vigorous physical activity of at least 60 minutes per day, 57.5% of the children had normal BMI, 10.8 % had thinness, 25.2% were overweight and 6.5% were obese. Physical activity was found to decrease with increasing screen time, and this was found to be statistically significant. No statistically significant correlation between screen time and BMI was found. There was statistically significant correlation between physical activity and BMI.Conclusions: There is a significant correlation of screen time with physical activity in this study. Urgent measures need to be taken to decrease screen time and promote a healthy lifestyle.

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