Children, Adolescents, and Television

Expert Committee Recommendations Regarding the Prevention, Assessment, and Treatment of Child and Adolescent Overweight and Obesity: Summary Report

Barlow, S. E., & and the Expert Committee (2007) · Pediatrics · doi:10.1542/peds.2007-2329c · Cited by 4,497

Systematic review of sedentary behaviour and health indicators in school-aged children and youth: an update

Carson, V., Hunter, S., Kuzik, N., Gray, C. E., Poitras, V. J., Chaput, J.-P., Saunders, T. J., Katzmarzyk, P. T., Okely, A. D., Connor Gorber, S., et al. (2016) · Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism · doi:10.1139/apnm-2015-0630 · Cited by 1,380

Moderate to Vigorous Physical Activity and Sedentary Time and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Children and Adolescents

Ekelund, U. (2012) · JAMA · doi:10.1001/jama.2012.156 · Cited by 1,158

Association between child and adolescent television viewing and adult health: a longitudinal birth cohort study

Hancox, R. J., Milne, B. J., & Poulton, R. (2004) · The Lancet · doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(04)16675-0 · Cited by 872

Sedentary Behavior: Emerging Evidence for a New Health Risk

Owen, N., Sparling, P. B., Healy, G. N., Dunstan, D. W., & Matthews, C. E. (2010) · Mayo Clinic Proceedings · doi:10.4065/mcp.2010.0444 · Cited by 842

Longitudinal physical activity and sedentary behavior trends

Gordon-Larsen, P., Nelson, M. C., & Popkin, B. M. (2004) · American Journal of Preventive Medicine · doi:10.1016/j.amepre.2004.07.006 · Cited by 708

How and Why Parents Guide the Media Use of Young Children

Nikken, P., & Schols, M. (2015) · Journal of Child and Family Studies · doi:10.1007/s10826-015-0144-4 · Cited by 574

Television and video game exposure and the development of attention problems

Swing, E. L., Gentile, D. A., Anderson, C. A., & Walsh, D. A. (2010) · Pediatrics · doi:10.1542/peds.2009-1508 · Cited by 504

Home environment relationships with children’s physical activity, sedentary time, and screen time by socioeconomic status

Tandon, P. S., Zhou, C., Sallis, J. F., Cain, K. L., Frank, L. D., & Saelens, B. E. (2012) · International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity · doi:10.1186/1479-5868-9-88 · Cited by 461

Early Childhood Obesity Prevention Policies

(2011) · doi:10.17226/13124 · Cited by 452

Brain health consequences of digital technology use

Small, G. W., Lee, J., Kaufman, A., Jalil, J., Siddarth, P., Gaddipati, H., Moody, T. D., & Bookheimer, S. Y. (2020) · Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience · doi:10.31887/dcns.2020.22.2/gsmall · Cited by 491

Screen-Based Entertainment Time, All-Cause Mortality, and Cardiovascular Events

Stamatakis, E., Hamer, M., & Dunstan, D. W. (2011) · Journal of the American College of Cardiology · doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2010.05.065 · Cited by 387

A descriptive epidemiology of screen-based media use in youth: A review and critique

Marshall, S. J., Gorely, T., & Biddle, S. J. H. (2006) · Journal of Adolescence · doi:10.1016/j.adolescence.2005.08.016 · Cited by 373

Dose-response association of screen time-based sedentary behaviour in children and adolescents and depression: a meta-analysis of observational studies

Liu, M., Wu, L., & Yao, S. (2016) · British Journal of Sports Medicine · doi:10.1136/bjsports-2015-095084 · Cited by 364

Factors Associated with Cell Phone Use in Adolescents in the Community of Madrid (Spain)

Sánchez-Martínez, M., & Otero, A. (2009) · CyberPsychology & Behavior · doi:10.1089/cpb.2008.0164 · Cited by 373

Type 2 diabetes mellitus in children and adolescents

Reinehr, T. (2013) · World Journal of Diabetes · doi:10.4239/wjd.v4.i6.270 · Cited by 363

Media and technology use predicts ill-being among children, preteens and teenagers independent of the negative health impacts of exercise and eating habits

Rosen, L. D., Lim, A. F., Felt, J., Carrier, L. M., Cheever, N. A., Lara-Ruiz, J. M., Mendoza, J. S., & Rokkum, J. (2014) · Computers in Human Behavior · doi:10.1016/j.chb.2014.01.036 · Cited by 358

Risks and Benefits of Green Spaces for Children: A Cross-Sectional Study of Associations with Sedentary Behavior, Obesity, Asthma, and Allergy

Dadvand, P., Villanueva, C. M., Font-Ribera, L., Martinez, D., Basagaña, X., Belmonte, J., Vrijheid, M., Gražulevičienė, R., Kogevinas, M., & Nieuwenhuijsen, M. J. (2014) · Environmental Health Perspectives · doi:10.1289/ehp.1308038 · Cited by 356

Audible Television and Decreased Adult Words, Infant Vocalizations, and Conversational Turns: A Population-Based Study

Christakis, D. A., Gilkerson, J., Richards, J. A., Zimmerman, F. J., Garrison, M. M., Xu, D., Gray, S., & Yapanel, U. (2009) · Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine · doi:10.1001/archpediatrics.2009.61 · Cited by 343

Management of newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in children and adolescents

Copeland, K. C., Silverstein, J., Moore, K. R., Prazar, G. E., Raymer, T., Shiffman, R. N., Springer, S. C., Thaker, V. V., Anderson, M., Spann, S. J., et al. (2013) · Pediatrics · doi:10.1542/peds.2012-3494 · Cited by 323

Prospective associations between early childhood television exposure and academic, psychosocial, and physical well-being by middle childhood

Pagani, L. S., Fitzpatrick, C., Barnett, T. A., & Dubow, E. (2010) · Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine · doi:10.1001/archpediatrics.2010.50 · Cited by 313

International Trends in Adolescent Screen-Time Behaviors From 2002 to 2010

Bucksch, J., Sigmundova, D., Hamrik, Z., Troped, P. J., Melkevik, O., Ahluwalia, N., Borraccino, A., Tynjälä, J., Kalman, M., & Inchley, J. (2016) · Journal of Adolescent Health · doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2015.11.014 · Cited by 319

Your Brain on Google: Patterns of Cerebral Activation during Internet Searching

Small, G. W., Moody, T. D., Siddarth, P., & Bookheimer, S. Y. (2009) · The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry · doi:10.1097/jgp.0b013e3181953a02 · Cited by 306

The effects of infant media usage: what do we know and what should we learn?

Christakis, D. A. (2009) · Acta Paediatrica · doi:10.1111/j.1651-2227.2008.01027.x · Cited by 304

Infant media exposure and toddler development

Tomopoulos, S., Dreyer, B. P., Berkule, S., Fierman, A. H., Brockmeyer, C., & Mendelsohn, A. L. (2010) · Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine · doi:10.1001/archpediatrics.2010.235 · Cited by 292

Associations of Physical Activity, Screen Time with Depression, Anxiety and Sleep Quality among Chinese College Freshmen

Feng, Q., Zhang, Q.-L., Du, Y., Ye, Y.-L., & He, Q.-Q. (2014) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0100914 · Cited by 285

A systematic review of the validity and reliability of sedentary behaviour measures used with children and adolescents

Lubans, D. R., Hesketh, K., Cliff, D. P., Barnett, L. M., Salmon, J., Dollman, J., Morgan, P. J., Hills, A. P., & Hardy, L. L. (2011) · Obesity Reviews · doi:10.1111/j.1467-789x.2011.00896.x · Cited by 282

Couch kids: correlates of television viewing among youth

Gorely, T., Marshall, S. J., & Biddle, S. J. H. (2004) · International Journal of Behavioral Medicine · doi:10.1207/s15327558ijbm1103_4 · Cited by 280

Television viewing behaviour and associations with food habits in different countries

Vereecken, C. A., Todd, J., Roberts, C., Mulvihill, C., & Maes, L. (2006) · Public Health Nutrition · doi:10.1079/phn2005847 · Cited by 268

Patterns of Adolescent Physical Activity, Screen-Based Media Use, and Positive and Negative Health Indicators in the U.S. and Canada

Iannotti, R. J., Kogan, M. D., Janssen, I., & Boyce, W. F. (2009) · Journal of Adolescent Health · doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2008.10.142 · Cited by 260

Profiles of sedentary behavior in children and adolescents: the US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2001–2006

Sisson, S. B., Church, T. S., Martin, C. K., Tudor-Locke, C., Smith, S. R., Bouchard, C., Earnest, C. P., Rankinen, T., Newton, R. L., & Katzmarzyk, P. T. (2009) · International Journal of Pediatric Obesity · doi:10.3109/17477160902934777 · Cited by 259

Screen time, physical activity and mental health among urban adolescents in China

Cao, H., Qian, Q., Weng, T., Yuan, C., Sun, Y., Wang, H., & Tao, F. (2011) · Preventive Medicine · doi:10.1016/j.ypmed.2011.09.002 · Cited by 211

Does childhood television viewing lead to attention problems in adolescence? Results from a prospective longitudinal study

Landhuis, C. E., Poulton, R., Welch, D., & Hancox, R. J. (2007) · PEDIATRICS · doi:10.1542/peds.2007-0978 · Cited by 209

Is spending time in screen-based sedentary behaviors associated with less physical activity: a cross national investigation

Melkevik, O., Torsheim, T., Iannotti, R. J., & Wold, B. (2010) · International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity · doi:10.1186/1479-5868-7-46 · Cited by 207

Extensive Television Viewing and the Development of Attention and Learning Difficulties During Adolescence

Johnson, J. G., Cohen, P., Kasen, S., & Brook, J. S. (2007) · Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine · doi:10.1001/archpedi.161.5.480 · Cited by 202

Brain connectivity in children is increased by the time they spend reading books and decreased by the length of exposure to screen‐based media

Horowitz‐Kraus, T., & Hutton, J. S. (2018) · Acta Paediatrica · doi:10.1111/apa.14176 · Cited by 190

Weighing the Evidence of Common Beliefs in Obesity Research

Casazza, K., Brown, A., Astrup, A., Bertz, F., Baum, C., Brown, M. B., Dawson, J., Durant, N., Dutton, G., Fields, D. A., et al. (2015) · Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition · doi:10.1080/10408398.2014.922044 · Cited by 169

Associations between screen time and sleep duration are primarily driven by portable electronic devices: evidence from a population-based study of U.S. children ages 0–17

Twenge, J. M., Hisler, G. C., & Krizan, Z. (2019) · Sleep Medicine · doi:10.1016/j.sleep.2018.11.009 · Cited by 162

Socioeconomic Correlates of Sedentary Behavior in Adolescents: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Mielke, G. I., Brown, W. J., Nunes, B. P., Silva, I. C. M., & Hallal, P. C. (2017) · Sports Medicine · doi:10.1007/s40279-016-0555-4 · Cited by 158

Sleep duration and adolescent obesity

Mitchell, J. A., Rodriguez, D., Schmitz, K. H., & Audrain-McGovern, J. (2013) · PEDIATRICS · doi:10.1542/peds.2012-2368 · Cited by 156

Virtually impossible: limiting Australian children and adolescents daily screen based media use

Houghton, S., Hunter, S. C., Rosenberg, M., Wood, L., Zadow, C., Martin, K., & Shilton, T. (2015) · BMC Public Health · doi:10.1186/1471-2458-15-5 · Cited by 154

Infant television and video exposure associated with limited parent-child verbal interactions in low socioeconomic status households

Mendelsohn, A. L., Berkule, S. B., Tomopoulos, S., Tamis-LeMonda, C. S., Huberman, H. S., Alvir, J., & Dreyer, B. P. (2008) · Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine · doi:10.1001/archpedi.162.5.411 · Cited by 146

Resilience: The Science of Mastering Life's Greatest Challenges

Southwick, S., & Charney, D. (2018) · doi:10.1017/9781108349246 · Cited by 153

Older versus newer media and the well-being of United States youth: results from a national longitudinal panel

Romer, D., Bagdasarov, Z., & More, E. (2013) · Journal of Adolescent Health · doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2012.11.012 · Cited by 145

Social factors and television use during meals and snacks is associated with higher BMI among pre-school children

Dubois, L., Farmer, A., Girard, M., & Peterson, K. (2008) · Public Health Nutrition · doi:10.1017/s1368980008002887 · Cited by 141

Do verbal interactions with infants during electronic media exposure mitigate adverse impacts on their language development as toddlers?

Mendelsohn, A. L., Brockmeyer, C. A., Dreyer, B. P., Fierman, A. H., Berkule‐Silberman, S. B., & Tomopoulos, S. (2010) · Infant and Child Development · doi:10.1002/icd.711 · Cited by 139

Possible lessons from the tobacco experience for obesity control

Mercer, S. L., Green, L. W., Rosenthal, A. C., Husten, C. G., Khan, L. K., & Dietz, W. H. (2003) · The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition · doi:10.1093/ajcn/77.4.1073s · Cited by 132

Behavioral correlates of television viewing in primary school children evaluated by the Child Behavior Checklist.

Özmert, E., Toyran, M., & Yurdakök, K. (2002) · Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine · doi:10.1001/archpedi.156.9.910 · Cited by 131

The associations of long-time mobile phone use with sleep disturbances and mental distress in technical college students: A prospective cohort study

Liu, S., Wing, Y. K., Hao, Y., Li, W., Zhang, J., & Zhang, B. (2019) · Sleep · doi:10.1093/sleep/zsy213 · Cited by 128

Associations between screen time and short sleep duration among adolescents varies by media type: evidence from a cohort study

Hisler, G., Twenge, J. M., & Krizan, Z. (2020) · Sleep Medicine · doi:10.1016/j.sleep.2019.08.007 · Cited by 121

WHO European Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative: health-risk behaviours on nutrition and physical activity in 6–9-year-old schoolchildren

Wijnhoven, T. M., van Raaij, J. M., Yngve, A., Sjöberg, A., Kunešová, M., Duleva, V., Petrauskiene, A., Rito, A. I., & Breda, J. (2015) · Public Health Nutrition · doi:10.1017/s1368980015001937 · Cited by 122

Reducing youth screen time: Qualitative metasynthesis of findings on barriers and facilitators.

Minges, K. E., Owen, N., Salmon, J., Chao, A., Dunstan, D. W., & Whittemore, R. (2015) · Health Psychology · doi:10.1037/hea0000172 · Cited by 109

Screen media usage, sleep time and academic performance in adolescents: Clustering a self-organizing maps analysis

Peiró-Velert, C., Valencia-Peris, A., González, L. M., García-Massó, X., Serra-Añó, P., & Devís-Devís, J. (2014) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0099478 · Cited by 99

Associations between sport and screen-entertainment with mental health problems in 5-year-old children

Griffiths, L. J., Dowda, M., Dezateux, C., & Pate, R. (2010) · International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity · doi:10.1186/1479-5868-7-30 · Cited by 93

Media content and externalizing behaviors in Latino toddlers

Tomopoulos, S., Dreyer, B. P., Valdez, P., Flynn, V., Foley, G., Berkule, S. B., & Mendelsohn, A. L. (2007) · Ambulatory Pediatrics · doi:10.1016/j.ambp.2007.02.004 · Cited by 83

Issues of adolescent psychological development in the 21st century

Gutgesell, M. E., & Payne, N. (2004) · Pediatrics in Review · doi:10.1542/pir.25-3-79 · Cited by 82

Sleep Duration, Schedule and Quality among Urban Chinese Children and Adolescents: Associations with Routine After-School Activities

Jiang, X., Hardy, L. L., Baur, L. A., Ding, D., Wang, L., & Shi, H. (2015) · PLOS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0115326 · Cited by 81

The Association of Screen Time, Television in the Bedroom, and Obesity Among School‐Aged Youth: 2007 National Survey of Children's Health

Wethington, H., Pan, L., & Sherry, B. (2013) · Journal of School Health · doi:10.1111/josh.12067 · Cited by 80

Family socioeconomic status moderates associations between television viewing and school readiness skills.

Ribner, A., Fitzpatrick, C., & Blair, C. (2017) · Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics · doi:10.1097/dbp.0000000000000425 · Cited by 68

Effect of electronic time monitors on children's television watching: Pilot trial of a home-based intervention

Ni Mhurchu, C., Roberts, V., Maddison, R., Dorey, E., Jiang, Y., Jull, A., & Tin Tin, S. (2009) · Preventive Medicine · doi:10.1016/j.ypmed.2009.09.003 · Cited by 62

Adherence to the obesity-related lifestyle intervention targets in the IDEFICS study

on behalf of the IDEFICS consortium, Kovács, E., Siani, A., Konstabel, K., Hadjigeorgiou, C., de Bourdeaudhuij, I., Eiben, G., Lissner, L., Gwozdz, W., Reisch, L., et al. (2014) · International Journal of Obesity · doi:10.1038/ijo.2014.145 · Cited by 59

The association of self-reported sleep, weight status, and academic performance in fifth-grade students

Stroebele, N., McNally, J., Plog, A., Siegfried, S., & Hill, J. O. (2013) · Journal of School Health · doi:10.1111/josh.12001 · Cited by 58

Prevalence of high screen time and associated factors among students: a cross-sectional study in Zhejiang, China

Wang, H., Zhong, J., Hu, R., Fiona, B., Yu, M., & Du, H. (2018) · BMJ Open · doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2018-021493 · Cited by 59

Smart Device Use and Perceived Physical and Psychosocial Outcomes among Hong Kong Adolescents

Kwok, S., Lee, P., & Lee, R. (2017) · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health · doi:10.3390/ijerph14020205 · Cited by 58

Changes in physical activity and screen time related to psychological well-being in early adolescence: Findings from longitudinal study ELANA

Straatmann, V. S., Oliveira, A. J., Rostila, M., & Lopes, C. S. (2016) · BMC Public Health · doi:10.1186/s12889-016-3606-8 · Cited by 50

Television viewing and food habits in toddlers and preschoolers in Greece: the GENESIS study

Manios, Y., Kondaki, K., Kourlaba, G., Grammatikaki, E., Birbilis, M., & Ioannou, E. (2009) · European Journal of Pediatrics · doi:10.1007/s00431-008-0838-3 · Cited by 52

Changes in television viewing and computers/videogames use among high school students in Southern Brazil between 2001 and 2011

Silva, K. S., da Silva Lopes, A., Dumith, S. C., Garcia, L. M. T., Bezerra, J., & Nahas, M. V. (2014) · International Journal of Public Health · doi:10.1007/s00038-013-0464-3 · Cited by 46

Clustering of lifestyle factors and the relationship with depressive symptoms among adolescents in Northeastern China

Cao, R., Gao, T., Hu, Y., Qin, Z., Ren, H., Liang, L., Li, C., & Mei, S. (2020) · Journal of Affective Disorders · doi:10.1016/j.jad.2020.05.064 · Cited by 46

Gender-specific influence of health behaviors on academic performance in Spanish adolescents: the AFINOS study.

(2012) · PubMed · doi:10.3305/nh.2012.27.3.5633 · Cited by 44

The Role of Technology and Social Media Use in Sleep-Onset Difficulties among Italian Adolescents: Cross-Sectional Study

Varghese, N. E., Santoro, E., Lugo, A., Madrid-Valero, J. J., Ghislandi, S., Torbica, A., & Gallus, S. (2021) · Journal of Medical Internet Research · doi:10.2196/20319 · Cited by 38

Is exposure to media intended for preschool children associated with less parent-child shared reading aloud and teaching activities?

Tomopoulos, S., Valdez, P. T., Dreyer, B. P., Fierman, A. H., Berkule, S. B., Kuhn, M., & Mendelsohn, A. L. (2007) · Ambulatory Pediatrics · doi:10.1016/j.ambp.2006.10.005 · Cited by 38

Electronic Game Play and School Performance of Adolescents in Southern Thailand

Jaruratanasirikul, S., Wongwaitaweewong, K., & Sangsupawanich, P. (2009) · CyberPsychology & Behavior · doi:10.1089/cpb.2009.0035 · Cited by 39

The Association Between Electronic Media and Emotional and Behavioral Problems in Late Childhood

Mundy, L. K., Canterford, L., Olds, T., Allen, N. B., & Patton, G. C. (2017) · Academic Pediatrics · doi:10.1016/j.acap.2016.12.014 · Cited by 36

Assessment of Active Video Games’ Energy Expenditure in Children with Overweight and Obesity and Differences by Gender

Comeras-Chueca, C., Villalba-Heredia, L., Pérez-Llera, M., Lozano-Berges, G., Marín-Puyalto, J., Vicente-Rodríguez, G., Matute-Llorente, Á., Casajús, J. A., & González-Agüero, A. (2020) · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health · doi:10.3390/ijerph17186714 · Cited by 35

Is physical inactivity associated with depressive symptoms among adolescents with high screen time? Evidence from a developing country

Khan, A., & Burton, N. W. (2017) · Mental Health and Physical Activity · doi:10.1016/j.mhpa.2017.03.001 · Cited by 27

Insufficient physical activity in combination with high screen time is associated with adolescents’ psychosocial difficulties

Khan, A., Uddin, R., & Burton, N. W. (2018) · International Health · doi:10.1093/inthealth/ihy019 · Cited by 25

Themed Review: Clinical Interventions to Promote Physical Activity in Youth

Meriwether, R. A., Lobelo, F., & Pate, R. R. (2008) · American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine · doi:10.1177/1559827607308557 · Cited by 22

Television viewing and its association with sedentary behaviors, self-rated health and academic performance among secondary school students in Peru.

Sharma, B., Cosme Chavez, R., Jeong, A., & Nam, E. (2017) · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health · doi:10.3390/ijerph14040383 · Cited by 21

A systematic review and meta‐analysis of screen time behaviour among North American indigenous populations

Foulds, H. J. A., Rodgers, C. D., Duncan, V., & Ferguson, L. J. (2016) · Obesity Reviews · doi:10.1111/obr.12389 · Cited by 14