Screen Time Parenting Practices and Associations with Preschool Children’s TV Viewing and Weight-Related Outcomes

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Dianne S. Ward¹  Amber E. Vaughn¹  Courtney T. Luecking²  Stephanie Lobaugh³  Cody D. Neshteruk⁴  Gina L. Tripicchio⁵  Stephanie Mazzucca⁶ 

[1] Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA;Department of Dietetics and Human Nutrition, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, USA;Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA;Department of Population Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Duke University, 200 Morris Street, Durham, NC 27701, USA;Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122, USA;Prevention Research Center, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA;

关键词: screen time;    screen media;    parenting practices;    obesity;    preschool children;   

DOI  :  10.3390/ijerph18147359

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The purpose of this study was to examine associations between screen time (ST) parenting practices and 2–5-year-old children’s TV viewing and weight status. Data were collected from 252 parent–child dyads enrolled in a randomized parent-focused childhood obesity prevention trial from 2009–2012. ST parenting practices were assessed at baseline using a validated parent-reported survey. Parent-reported child TV viewing and objectively measured anthropometrics were assessed at baseline, post-intervention (35 weeks), and follow-up (59 weeks). Marginal effect models were developed to test the association between baseline ST parenting practices and children’s TV viewing, BMI z-score, and waist circumference across all time points. Limiting/monitoring ST was associated with decreased weekly TV viewing (β = −1.79, 95% CI: −2.61; −0.95), while exposure to TV was associated with more weekly TV viewing over 59 weeks (β = 1.23, 95% CI: 0.71; 1.75). Greater parent use of ST as a reward was associated with increased child BMI z-score (β = 0.15, 95% CI: 0.03; 0.27), while limiting/monitoring ST was associated with decreased BMI z-score (β = −0.16, 95% CI: −0.30; −0.01) and smaller waist circumference (β = −0.55, 95% CI: −1.04; −0.06) over the study period. These findings suggest that modifying parent ST practices may be an important strategy to reduce ST and promote healthy weight in young children.

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