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

ABSTRACT: 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 vie

SUBMITTER: Neshteruk CD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8303526 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature