TY - JOUR
T1 - Associations between screen-based activities, physical activity, and dietary habits in Mexican schoolchildren
AU - Soltero, Erica G.
AU - Jáuregui, Alejandra
AU - Hernandez, Edith
AU - Barquera, Simón
AU - Jáuregui, Edtna
AU - Taylor, Juan Lopez Y.
AU - Ortiz-Hernández, Luis
AU - Lévesque, Lucie
AU - Lee, Rebecca E.
N1 - Funding Information:
Funding: The work was supported in part by a Fulbright-García Robles Core Scholar Program Award from the Council for International Exchange of Scholars, Institute of International Education, and in part by a grant from the National Cancer Institute of the NIH (1R13CA162816), both awarded to Lee. This work is also a publication of the United States Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service (USDA/ARS) Children’s Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, and Dr. Soltero is supported in part by USDA/ARS cooperative agreement #58-3092-0-001.
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PY - 2021/7/1
Y1 - 2021/7/1
N2 - Screen-based activities are associated with increased risk of obesity and contribute to physical inactivity and poor dietary habits. The primary aim of this study was to examine the associations among screen-based activities, physical activity, and dietary habits in school-aged children in Guadalajara, Puerto Vallarta, and Mexico City, Mexico. The secondary aim was to examine these associations across sex. The School Physical Activity and Nutrition survey was used to assess screen-based activities (TV watching, video game use, computer use), physical activity, and dietary habits. Organized activity/sports participation, unhealthy dietary habits, and household income were correlated with screen-based activities. While TV watching was associated with decreased participation in organized activity/sports participation, computer and video game use was associated with increased organized activity/sports participation. Boys engaged in more TV watching and video game use compared to girls. All screen-based activities were associated with age among boys; whereas video game and computer use were associated with higher income among girls. These findings suggest a need for sex-and age-specific strategies that acknowledge the differential use of screen-based activities across sex and age. Future research should continue to identify underlying correlates linking screen-based activities with health behaviors to inform strategies to reduce screen-time in Mexican children.
AB - Screen-based activities are associated with increased risk of obesity and contribute to physical inactivity and poor dietary habits. The primary aim of this study was to examine the associations among screen-based activities, physical activity, and dietary habits in school-aged children in Guadalajara, Puerto Vallarta, and Mexico City, Mexico. The secondary aim was to examine these associations across sex. The School Physical Activity and Nutrition survey was used to assess screen-based activities (TV watching, video game use, computer use), physical activity, and dietary habits. Organized activity/sports participation, unhealthy dietary habits, and household income were correlated with screen-based activities. While TV watching was associated with decreased participation in organized activity/sports participation, computer and video game use was associated with increased organized activity/sports participation. Boys engaged in more TV watching and video game use compared to girls. All screen-based activities were associated with age among boys; whereas video game and computer use were associated with higher income among girls. These findings suggest a need for sex-and age-specific strategies that acknowledge the differential use of screen-based activities across sex and age. Future research should continue to identify underlying correlates linking screen-based activities with health behaviors to inform strategies to reduce screen-time in Mexican children.
KW - Children
KW - Diet
KW - Hispanic
KW - Physical activity
KW - Screen time
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U2 - 10.3390/ijerph18136788
DO - 10.3390/ijerph18136788
M3 - Article
C2 - 34202680
AN - SCOPUS:85108456404
SN - 1661-7827
VL - 18
JO - International journal of environmental research and public health
JF - International journal of environmental research and public health
IS - 13
M1 - 6788
ER -