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AAP Grand Rounds 3:3 (2000)
© 2000 American Academy of Pediatrics

SCHOOL HEALTH

Reducing TV and Video Use to Prevent Obesity

Source: Robinson TN. Reducing children’s television viewing to prevent obesity. JAMA. 1999;282(16):1561–1567.

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Observational studies have found an association between watching television and adolescent adiposity.1,2 In this study, a school-based intervention to reduce television, videotape, and video game use by 3rd and 4th grade students was implemented in one of two schools, with the other school acting as the control school. The schools were matched sociodemographically and scholastically, and one school was randomly assigned to receive the intervention. The intervention was a comprehensive program designed to reduce media use without specifically promoting more active behaviors as . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Bradley J. Bradford, MD, FAAP
Mercy Children’s Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA