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Television viewing and its association with overweight in Colombian children: results from the 2005 National Nutrition Survey: A cross sectional study |
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| Authors: | Luis F Gomez Diana C Parra Felipe Lobelo Belen Samper José Moreno Enrique Jacoby Diego I Lucumi Sandra Matsudo Catalina Borda |
| Affiliation: | (1) Health Division, Fundaci?n FES Social, Bogota, Colombia;(2) Department of Exercise Science, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA;(3) Department of Evaluation , PROFAMILIA, Bogota, Colombia;(4) Non Communicable Diseases Unit, Pan American Health Organization, Washington, D.C., USA;(5) Escuela de Medicina. Universidad Pedag?gica y Tecnol?gica de Colombia, Tunja, Colombia;(6) Department of Evaluation, Centro de Estudos do Laborat?rio de Aptid?o F?sica de S?o Caetano do Sul, S?o Caetano do Sul, Brazil;(7) Research Division, Instituto Colombiano de Bienestar Familiar, Bogota, Colombia |
| Abstract: | BackgroundThere has been an ongoing discussion about the relationship between time spent watching television and childhood obesity. This debate has special relevance in the Latin American region were the globalization process has increased the availability of screen-based entertainment at home. The aim of this study is to examine the association between television viewing and weight status in Colombian children. |
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