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European Journal of Pediatrics
Published in: European Journal of Pediatrics 5/2015

01-05-2015 | Original Article

Television, sleep, outdoor play and BMI in young children: the GECKO Drenthe cohort

Authors: Anna Sijtsma, Marjory Koller, Pieter J. J. Sauer, Eva Corpeleijn

Published in: European Journal of Pediatrics | Issue 5/2015

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Abstract

In this study, we investigated the interplay between screen time, sleep duration, outdoor play, having a television in the bedroom and the number of televisions at home and their association with body mass index (BMI) in preschool children. All participants, 3–4 years of age (n = 759), were part of the Groningen expert center for kids with obesity (GECKO) Drenthe birth cohort. Weight and height were measured. Total screen time, number of televisions at home, a television in the bedroom, sleep duration and time of outdoor play were self-reported by parents in a questionnaire. Ordinary least square (OLS) regression-based path analysis was used to estimate direct and indirect effects on BMI in mediation models. A television in the bedroom or more televisions at home gave a higher screen time, which were associated with decreased sleep duration and resulted in higher BMI (indirect effect = 0.0115, 95 % bootstrap interval = 0.0016; 0.0368 and indirect effect = 0.0026, 95 % bootstrap interval = 0.0004; 0.0078, respectively). In contrast to the direct effect of screen time, sleep duration and a television in the bedroom on BMI, no direct effect was found for outdoor play and number or televisions at home on BMI.
Conclusions: Short sleep duration, long screen time and a television in the bedroom were associated with the presence of overweight in preschool children.
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Metadata
Title
Television, sleep, outdoor play and BMI in young children: the GECKO Drenthe cohort
Authors
Anna Sijtsma
Marjory Koller
Pieter J. J. Sauer
Eva Corpeleijn
Publication date
01-05-2015
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
European Journal of Pediatrics / Issue 5/2015
Print ISSN: 0340-6199
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1076
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-014-2443-y

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