402 Am Reducing Recreational Sedentary Screen Time A Community Guide Systematic Review Leigh Ramsey Buchanan, PhD, Cherie R. Rooks-Peck, PhD, RD, Ramona K.C. Finnie, DrPH, Holly R. Wethington, PhD, Verughese Jacob, PhD, MPH, Janet E. Fulton, PhD, Donna B. Johnson, PhD, RD, Leila C. Kahwati, MD, MPH, Charlotte A. Pratt, PhD, MS, RD, Gilbert Ramirez, DrPH, Karen Glanz, PhD, MPH, and the Community...

PURPOSE: To determine the relationships between objectively measured and self-reported physical activity, sedentary behavior, and academic performance in Finnish children. METHODS: Two hundred seventy-seven children from five schools in the Jyväskylä school district in Finland (58% of the 475 eligible students; mean age 12.2 years; 56% girls) participated in the study in the spring of 2011. Sel...

BACKGROUND Excessive time in front of a single or several screens could explain a displacement of physical activity. The present study aimed at determining whether screen-time is associated with a reduced level of moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) in Spanish adolescents living in favorable environmental conditions. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS A multi-stage stratified random sam...

BACKGROUND Children in households of lower socioeconomic status (SES) are more likely to be overweight/obese. We aimed to determine if home physical activity (PA) environments differed by SES and to explore home environment mediators of the relation of family SES to children's PA and sedentary behavior. METHODS Participants were 715 children aged 6 to 11 from the Neighborhood Impact on Kids (...

BACKGROUND Approximately, two million migrant and seasonal farmworkers (MSF) work in the United States annually. Several factors, such as lack of access to healthcare services and health behaviors, contribute to risk of HIV transmission. Relatively few studies have explored MSF knowledge of HIV transmission and testing options. METHODS A 12-question, self-administered survey of farmworkers (n...

Aim: This study aimed to assess the relationship of screen time and metabolic syndrome (MetS) among Iranian adolescents. Materials and Methods  In this nationwide study, the propensity score (PS) was used in a matched case-control study design. The data was obtained from 5,625 students aged 10-18 years, who participated in a national school-based surveillance program. MetS was defined accordi...