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SUBMITTER: Lopez RB
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6863887 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lopez Richard B RB Brand John J Gilbert-Diamond Diane D
Frontiers in psychology 20191113
Obesity rates among children have climbed dramatically in the past two decades, a time period in which children also experienced greater exposure to portable media devices and smartphones. In the present study, we provide evidence of a potential link between media multitasking - using and switching between unrelated forms of digital media - and risk for obesity, as indexed by body mass index (BMI). Specifically, we recruited 179 pre-adolescent children (aged 9-11 years, 88 females) to participat ...[more]