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Overviews: Television & Obesity

Committee on Public Education. Children, Adolescents, and Television. Pediatrics 2001;107:423-26.

Crespo CJ, Smit E, Troiano RP, Bartlett SJ, Macera CA, Andersen RE. Television watching, energy intake, and obesity in US children: results from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988-1994. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 2001;155:360-65.

Dietz WH, Jr, Gortmaker SL. Do we fatten our children at the television set? Obesity and television viewing in children and adolescents. Pediatrics 1985;75:807-12.

Gortmaker SL, Must A, Sobol AM, Peterson K, Colditz GA, Dietz WH. Television viewing as a cause of increasing obesity among children in the United States, 1986-90. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 1996;150:356-62.

Robinson, TN. Does television viewing cause childhood obesity? JAMA 1998;279:959-60.

Jeffery RW, French SA. Epidemic obesity in the United States: are fast foods and television viewing contributing? Am J Public Health 1998;88:277-80.

Moreno LA, Jesus F, Lilianne M, Stafford M, Wells JCK, Fewtrell M, Andersen R, Crespo C, Bartlett SJ, Pratt M. Television watching and fatness in children. JAMA 1998;280:1230.

Nielsen Media Research. 1998 Report on Television. NMR. Communications Department, 299 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10171.

Roberts DF, Foehr UG, Rideout VJ, Brodie M. Kids and Media at the New Millennium: A Comprehensive National Analysis of Children's Media Use. Menlo Park, CA: The Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation Report; 1999

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TV & Physical Activity

Andersen RE, Crespo CJ, Bartlett SJ, Cheskin LJ, Pratt M. Relationship of physical activity and television watching with body weight and level of fatness among children: results from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. JAMA 1998: 279:938-42.

Borzekowski DLG, Robinson TN. Viewing the viewers: Ten video cases of children's television viewing behaviors. J Broadcast & Electronic Media 1999;43:506.

Bungum TF, Vincent ML. Determinants of physical activity among female adolescents. Am J Prev Med 1997;13:115-22.

Durant RH, Baranowski T, Johnson M, Thompson WO. The relationship among television watching, physical activity, and body composition of young children. Pediatrics 1994;94:449-55.

Faith MS, Berman N, Heo M, Pietrobelli A, Gallagher D, Epstein HL, Eiden MT, Allison DB. Effects of contingent television viewing on physical activity and television viewing in obese children. Pediatrics 2001;107:1043-8.

Hernández, B; Gortmaker, SL; Colditz, GA; Peterson, KE; Laird, NM; Parra-Cabrera, S. Association of obesity with physical activity, television programs and other forms of video viewing among children in Mexico City. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 1999;23:854-54.

Klesges RC, Shelton ML, Klesges LM. Effects of television on metabolic rate: potential implications for childhood obesity. Pediatrics 1993;2:281-6.

Robinson TN, Hammer LD, Killen JD, Kraemer HC, Wilson DM, Hayward C, Taylor CB. Does television viewing increase obesity and reduce physical activity? Cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses among adolescent girls. Pediatrics 1993;91:273-80.

Robinson, TN et al. Does TV Viewing Increase Obesity and Reduce Physical Activity and Body Composition of Young Children? Pediatrics, (1993) 91:273-280.

Robinson TN, Killen JD. Ethnic and gender differences in the relationships between television viewing and obesity, physical activity and dietary fat intake. J Health Educ 1995;26:S91-S98.

Robinson, TN. Reducing Children’s Television Viewing to Prevent Obesity, A Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of the American Medical Association, (October 27, 1997).

Taras HF, Sallis JF, Patterson TL, Nader PR, Nelson JA. Television’s influence on children’s diet and physical activity. Dev Behav Pediatr 1989;10:176-80.

Tucker LA. The relationship of television viewing to physical fitness and obesity. Adolescence 1986;21:797-806.

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Television Content: Advertising, Marketing, & Nutrition Messages

Borzekowski DLG, Robinson TN. The 30-second effect: an experiment revealing the impact of television commercials on food preferences of preschoolers. J Am Diet Assoc 2001;101:42-46.

Byrd-Bredbenner C, Grasso D. Prime-time health: an analysis of health content in television commercials broadcast during programs viewed heavily by children. Intl J Health Educ 1999a;2:159-69.

Byrd-Bredbenner C, Grasso D. A comparative analysis of television food advertisements and current dietary recommendations. Am J Health Studies 1999b;15:169-80.

Coon KA, Goldberg J, Rogers BL, Tucker KL. Relationships between use of television during meals and children's food consumption patterns. Pediatrics 2001;107:167-76.

Federal Communications Commission. Report and order: policies and rules concerning children's television programming. Federal Communications Commission Record. 1991;6:2111-2127.

Gorn GJ, Goldberg ME. Behavioral evidence for the effects of televised food messages on children. J Consumer Res 1982;9:200-5.

Jeffrey DB, McLellarn RW, Fox DT. The development of children’s eating habits: the role of television commercials. Health Educ Q 1982;9:78-93.

Klein JD, Brown JD, Childres KW, Oliveri J, Porter C, Dykers C. Adolescents risk behavior and mass media use. Pediatrics 1993;92:24-31.

Kotz K, Story M. Food advertisements during children's Saturday morning television programming: Are they consistent with dietary recommendations? JADA 1999;94:1296-1300.

Kraak V, Pelletier DL. The influence of commercialism on the food purchasing behavior of children and teenage youth. Family Economics and Nutrition Review 1998;11:15.

Lewis MK, Hill AJ. Food advertising on British children's television: a content analysis and experimental study with nine-year olds. Int J Obes 1998;22:206-14.

Lytle LA, Eldridge AL, Kotz K, Piper J, Williams S, Kalina B. Children's interpretations of nutrition messages. J Nutr Educ 1997;29:128-36.

Signorielli N, Staples J. Television and children’s conceptions of nutrition. Health Communication 1997;9:289-301.

Signorielli, Nancy, et al, Television and children's conceptions of nutrition: unhealthy messages. Health Communication 1992;4:245-257.

Stopper, B. Children's television viewing. Children Youth and Family Consortium Electronic Clearinghouse 1994.

Story, M. Study group report on the impact of television on adolescent nutritional status. J Adol Health Care 1990;11:82-85.

Taras HL, Gage M. Advertised foods on children's television. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 1995;149:649-52.

Taras HF, Sallis JF, Patterson TL, Nader PR, Nelson JA. Television’s influence on children’s diet and physical activity. Dev Behav Pediatr 1989;10:176-80.

Woodard, EH. The 1999 state of children’s television report: programming for children over broadcast and cable television. Annenberg Public Policy Center 1999; Report Series No. 28.

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