INTRODUCTION Television (TV) viewing is popular among adults and children, and child TV-viewing time is positively associated with parent TV-viewing time. Efforts to limit the TV-viewing time of children typically target parent rule-setting. However, little is known about the association between parent TV-viewing practices and rule-setting. METHODS We used baseline height and weight data and ...

BACKGROUND The aim of this work was to describe the television (TV) viewing time of preschoolers and to examine factors that may be associated with it. METHODS A representative sample of 2374 Greek children aged 1-5 years was examined (GENESIS study). Several anthropometric, socio-demographic and lifestyle characteristics were recorded. RESULTS The mean value of children's TV viewing time w...

We perform principal components analyses of the University of Michigan Index of Consumer Sentiment and TV sentiment in order to gain information on their structure and information content. By introducing the new sentiment variable TV sentiment, gathered from sentiment from statements from over 10,000 TV news broadcasts in the United States, we nd that TV sentiment adds great value in nowcasting...

The convergence of TV content with online social network and the ubiquitous presence of mobile device present a new design space. We conducted interviews that included feedback on a mobile, social TV application prototype to explore this space and to gain understanding of people’s current practices around TV watching. Our interviews helped us gain insights into current TV watching practices, qu...

BACKGROUND It is largely unknown how TV use relates to depot-specific adiposity or cardiometabolic risk in children. PURPOSE To examine relationships between having a TV in the bedroom and TV viewing time with total fat mass, abdominal subcutaneous and visceral adiposity, and cardiometabolic risk in children and adolescents. METHODS A cross-sectional study of 369 children and adolescents ag...