Obesity

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Reference Number:
Date Posted: 31/07/2006
Classification: Obesity
Authors: Hancox R.J., Milne B.J., & Poulton R.
Year Published: 2004
Title: Association between child and adolescent television viewing and adult health: a longitudinal birth cohort study.
Journal: The Lancet
Volume: 364
Issue: 9430

Pages:

 257-265
Availability: www.proquest.com
Country: New Zealand
Methodology

>> Classification:

 Quantitative
>> Sample Size: 1037
>> Response Rate: 91%
>> Validity Measures:
>> Reliability Measures:
>> Data Analysis: Regression analysis
Main Findings: In this longitudinal study television viewing during childhood and adolescence was associated with overweight, poor cardiorespiratory fitness, raised serum cholesterol and cigarette smoking in early adulthood. Age 26 health outcomes were better predicted by childhood and adolescent television viewing than did age 21 television viewing, suggesting television viewing during childhood and adolescence is associated with long-lasting detrimental health effects.
Management Implications:
Rating: ***
 
     
 

* - commentary, no evidence
** - makes limited contribution on limited evidence
*** - good research – limited generalisability
**** - good research – rigorous, limited applications
***** - excellent research, very sound evidence, policy/strategy informer

 
 
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