Are screen-based sedentary behaviors longitudinally associated with dietary behaviors and leisure-time physical activity in the transition into adolescence?

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Research

Yngvar Ommundsen¹  Ingunn H Bergh¹  Mekdes K Gebremariam²  Nanna Lien²  Lene F Andersen²  Torunn H Totland²  Mona Bjelland²  May Grydeland³ 

[1] Department of Coaching and Psychology, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Oslo, Norway;Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway;Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway;Department of Sports Medicine, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Oslo, Norway;

关键词: Children;    Adolescents;    Sedentary behaviors;    Screen time;    Dietary behaviors;    Physical activity;    Associations;    Longitudinal;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1479-5868-10-9

 received in 2012-07-29, accepted in 2013-01-22,  发布年份 2013

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundThere is a need for more longitudinal studies investigating the associations between screen-based sedentary behaviors (SB), dietary behaviors and leisure-time physical activity (PA).MethodsIn the HEIA cohort study, 908 children were followed from age 11 to age 13 (September 2007 – May 2009). The children self-reported their intake of fruits, vegetables, soft drinks with sugar and snacks. TV/DVD use, computer/game use and leisure-time PA were also self-reported. Multilevel generalized linear mixed model analysis was used to assess longitudinal associations between the screen-based SB and each of the two other behaviors.ResultsTwenty-month changes in TV/DVD use and computer/game use were positively associated with changes in the consumption of soft drinks with sugar and unhealthy snacks in the same period; and inversely associated with change in vegetable consumption. Change in computer/game use was also inversely related to change in fruit consumption. An inverse but non-substantive association was found between change in TV/DVD use and change in leisure-time PA. Change in computer/game use was not significantly associated with change in leisure-time PA.ConclusionsChanges in screen-based SB were associated with multiple unfavorable changes in dietary habits, although the associations were weak. These associations need to be further investigated in intervention/experimental studies, to assess whether changing screen-based SB will result in clinically relevant changes in dietary behaviors. However, the findings of this study suggest that screen-based SB and leisure-time PA are largely independent behaviors which should be addressed separately in health promotion activities.

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