Screen Media Exposure and Obesity in Children and Adolescents

Author:

Robinson Thomas N.12,Banda Jorge A.1,Hale Lauren3,Lu Amy Shirong45,Fleming-Milici Frances6,Calvert Sandra L.7,Wartella Ellen8

Affiliation:

1. Stanford Solutions Science Laboratory, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University, Stanford, California;

2. Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford, Palo Alto, California;

3. Program in Public Health, Department of Family, Population and Preventive Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York;

4. Department of Communication Studies, College of Arts, Media and Design, and

5. Health Technology Laboratory, Department of Health Sciences, Bouvé College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts;

6. Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity, University of Connecticut, Hartford, Connecticut;

7. Children’s Digital Media Center, Department of Psychology, Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia; and

8. Center on Media and Human Development, School of Communication, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois

Abstract

Obesity is one of the best-documented outcomes of screen media exposure. Many observational studies find relationships between screen media exposure and increased risks of obesity. Randomized controlled trials of reducing screen time in community settings have reduced weight gain in children, demonstrating a cause and effect relationship. Current evidence suggests that screen media exposure leads to obesity in children and adolescents through increased eating while viewing; exposure to high-calorie, low-nutrient food and beverage marketing that influences children’s preferences, purchase requests, consumption habits; and reduced sleep duration. Some evidence also suggests promise for using interactive media to improve eating and physical activity behaviors to prevent or reduce obesity. Future interdisciplinary research is needed to examine the effects of newer mobile and other digital media exposures on obesity; to examine the effectiveness of additional interventions to mitigate the adverse effects of media exposures on obesity and possible moderators and mediators of intervention effects; to effectively use digital media interventions to prevent and reduce obesity; and to uncover the mechanisms underlying the causal relationships and interactions between obesity-related outcomes and media content, characteristics, and context.

Publisher

American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)

Subject

Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health

Reference30 articles.

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