OBJECTIVE To describe the weight status and weight-related behaviors of children commencing school. METHODS This study is a representative cross-sectional survey of Australian children in their first year of schooling (n=1141) in 2010. Height and weight were measured, and parents reported their child's diet, physical activity and screen-time. RESULTS 18.7% of children were overweight/obese....

background:leisure time activity is an important life-style habit. this study aims to determine the screen time ofa nationally representative sample of iranian children and adolescents. methods:this nationwide cross-sectional study was conducted as part ofthe fourth survey of a surveillance system. the participants consisted of 14880 students, with aged range from 6 to 18 years, living in 30 pr...

This cross-sectional study examined differences in children's health behaviors during school term (ST) versus school holiday (SH: June-July) and how associations changed when weather characteristics were considered. Children aged 5-18 years (n = 406) from a subtropical climate reported behaviors over 20 months. Multivariable regression models controlling for age, sex, race and body mass index z...

BACKGROUND In this study, the nature of food commercials in children's television (TV) was monitored and analyzed; simultaneously, the relationship between recalling TV food commercials and children's interest in them and in the consumption of the same food products was evaluated. METHODS A total of 108 h children's programs broadcast on two channels (Two and Amouzesh) of Islamic Republic of ...

This presentation addresses the role of protocols for sharing content in future media from the perspective of the behavioural sciences. Designing applications for enhancement of TV experiences is more than a technical and engineering challenge. The expectations and capabilities of end-users are key. Two interactive TV applications, a storytelling program for children (TOONS) and an interactive ...

TV commercials are interesting in many respects: advertisers and psychologists are interested in their influence on human purchasing habits, while parents might be interest in shielding their children from their influence. In this paper, two methods for detecting and extracting commercials in digital videos are described. The first method is based on statistics of measurable features and enable...

BACKGROUND Understanding the knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs of parents is important for planning appropriately to control their children's weight. We aimed to study these variables in parents of normal, underweight, overweight, and obese children. METHODS This cross-sectional study targeted the parents of normal, underweight, overweight, and obese children, who were selected using multista...

BACKGROUND Evidence suggests that family meals influence food intakes and behaviours, which in turn impact children's eating habits, diets and health. Mealtimes therefore offer potential as settings for health promotion. Given diet, health behaviours and health are often socioeconomically patterned, it is important to consider whether family meals differ by socioeconomic position (SEP). METHO...

This article summarizes the proceedings of a workshop sponsored by the National Institutes of Health and the National Vaccine Program Office, and held in Bethesda, Maryland, on January 21, 2000. The objective of the meeting was to focus research toward an understanding of the basis for the possible association between intussusception and the reassortant rhesus-human rotavirus vaccine tetravalen...