Obesity and low vision as a result of excessive Internet use and television viewing

被引：52

作者：

Bener, Abdulbari ^{[1
,2
,3
,4
]}

Al-Mahdi, Huda S. ^{[5
,6
]}

Ali, Awab I. ^{[3
,4
]}

Al-Nufal, Mohammed ^{[3
,4
]}

Vachhani, Pankit J. ^{[3
,4
]}

Tewfik, Ihab ^{[7
]}

机构：

[1] Hamad Gen Hosp, Hamad Med Corp, Dept Med Stat & Epidemiol, Doha, Qatar

[2] Univ Manchester, Dept Evidence Populat Hlth Unit, Sch Epidemiol & Hlth Sci, Manchester, Lancs, England

[3] Weill Cornell Med Coll, Dept Publ Hlth, Doha, Qatar

[4] Weill Cornell Med Coll, Dept Med Educ, Doha, Qatar

[5] Rumailah Gen Hosp, Hamad Med Corp, Dept Ophthalmol, Doha, Qatar

[6] Hamad Gen Hosp, Hamad Med Corp, Dept Ophthalmol, Doha, Qatar

[7] Univ Westminster, Dept Human & Hlth Sci, London W1R 8AL, England

来源：

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FOOD SCIENCES AND NUTRITION | 2011年 / 62卷 / 01期

关键词：

SLEEP DURATION; CHILDREN; ADOLESCENTS; ADULTS; SCHOOL;

D O I：

10.3109/09637486.2010.495711

中图分类号：

TS2 [食品工业];

学科分类号：

0832 ;

摘要：

The technological age has resulted in children spending prolonged hours in front of television (TV) and computer screens (on the internet). The aim of this prospective cross-sectional study is to determine the effect of this phenomenon on both childhood obesity and low vision in the State of Qatar. A total of 3000 school students aged 6 to 18 years were approached from September 2009 to March 2010 and 2467 (82.2%) students agreed to participate. Face-to-face interviews based on a designed questionnaire were conducted. The highest proportion of obese children were aged between 15-18 years (9.4%; p < 0.001); spent >= 3 hours on the internet (5.6%; p < 0.001), and spent between 5-7 hours or less sleeping (4.1%; p < 0.001). Forty-six (1.9%) children spent >= 3 hours/day on the internet, and were either overweight/obese and had low vision. The study findings confirmed a positive association between obesity and low vision as a result of excessive time spent on the TV view and internet use.</.

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页码：60 / 62

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