PMID- 26965777
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20160512
LR  - 20181023
IS  - 0964-7058 (Print)
IS  - 0964-7058 (Linking)
VI  - 25
IP  - 1
DP  - 2016
TI  - Excessive screen viewing time by adolescents and body fatness in a developing 
      country: Vietnam.
PG  - 174-83
LID - 10.6133/apjcn.2016.25.1.21 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Screen time among youth has been increasingly 
      recognized as a public health problem because of its link with obesity. This has 
      been demonstrated in many studies conducted in developed countries but few 
      studies have addressed the problem in developing countries, despite an increase 
      literature about the emergence of obesity and a greater access to screen devices 
      in a country like Vietnam. Our study aimed at assessing screen time and its 
      relationship with BMI in adolescents of Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), Vietnam. METHODS 
      AND STUDY DESIGN: In a cross-sectional study of 2024 junior high school students 
      aged 11-14 of HCMC, students were measured for BMI and questioned on time spent 
      watching television/Video/DVD or using computer for fun. High users were defined 
      as time >=2 h/d. International Obesity Task Force BMI cutoffs were used to define 
      overweight and obesity. RESULTS: Adolescents spent 2.2 h/d in screen time, with 
      higher values for boys than girls (p<0.001). 53.8% of the respondents were high 
      users. Time spent using computers for fun increased with age, and with the 
      household wealthy index. The overall prevalence of overweight and obesity was 
      21.1%. Using multiple logistic regression, overweight and obesity was higher in 
      boys (adjusted OR=2.66, 95% CI: [2.06; 3.44], p<0.001) and in children aged 11-12 
      who had a screen time >=2 h/d (adjusted OR=1.48, 95% CI: [1.09; 1.99], p<0.02). 
      CONCLUSIONS: In HCMC, a majority of adolescents spent >=2 h/d on screen time. 
      High screen time is associated with an increased prevalence of overweight and 
      obesity in young adolescents. Public health intervention programs are needed to 
      reduce screen time among youth.
FAU - Nguyen, Phuong Van Ngoc
AU  - Nguyen PV
AD  - University of Medicine Pham Ngoc Thach, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Email: 
      Annie.Robert@uclouvain.be; nnvanphuong@yahoo.com.
FAU - Hong, Tang Kim
AU  - Hong TK
AD  - University of Medicine Pham Ngoc Thach, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
FAU - Nguyen, Dung The
AU  - Nguyen DT
AD  - University of Medicine Pham Ngoc Thach, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
FAU - Robert, Annie R
AU  - Robert AR
AD  - Universite catholique de Louvain, Institut de Recherche Experimentale et 
      Clinique, Research Division EPID, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of 
      Public Health, Brussels, Belgium.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - China
TA  - Asia Pac J Clin Nutr
JT  - Asia Pacific journal of clinical nutrition
JID - 9440304
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - *Body Mass Index
MH  - Child
MH  - *Computers
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Developing Countries
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Obesity/epidemiology
MH  - Overweight/epidemiology
MH  - *Television
MH  - Time Factors
MH  - Vietnam/epidemiology
EDAT- 2016/03/12 06:00
MHDA- 2016/05/14 06:00
CRDT- 2016/03/12 06:00
PHST- 2016/03/12 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2016/03/12 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2016/05/14 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.6133/apjcn.2016.25.1.21 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Asia Pac J Clin Nutr. 2016;25(1):174-83. doi: 10.6133/apjcn.2016.25.1.21.