Effects of television viewing on children's development.

Pediatric Nursing;  September 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ......linked to children's television viewing (Derksen & Strasburger...of inappropriate television viewing and then suggest...Effects Associated with Television Viewing Inappropriate television viewing has been associated...more likely to be overweight than those ...

Reliability and validity of a brief questionnaire to assess television...

Journal of School Health;  November 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Prevalence of overweight among children aged...indicate excessive television viewing places children...risk for becoming overweight. (2,3) Results from...suggest a reduction in television viewing time may help prevent...computer use on overweight or its association with ...

Developmental changes in adolescents' television viewing habits:...

Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media;  December 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......use of the media have revealed that television viewing maintained its dominant position...describes teenagers' trajectories of television viewing throughout adolescence and investigates...understanding teenagers' changing television viewing habits. Studies on television ...

Family television viewing - how to gain control.

Childhood Education;  September 22, 1997 ;     700+ words ......their bedrooms, it is no wonder that television viewing claims a significant influence over...wonder if they are in control of television viewing, or if the television is in control...Reports show just how influential television viewing can be: by the time they graduate...

Television Viewing, Educational Quality of the Home Environment, and...

The Journal of Educational Research;  May 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ......among school readiness, children's television viewing, parental employment, and the educational...responded to questions about children's television viewing habits, the educational quality of...Correlational analyses indicated that television viewing time was negatively related to ...

Children's behavior correlates with television viewing. (Tips from Other...

American Family Physician;  February 1, 2003 ;     449 words ......studies have evaluated the impact of television viewing on the behavior of children. However...Checklist to determine the impact of television viewing on competency and problem behavior...evaluate the accuracy of parent-reported television viewing time, 10 percent of the group were...

Television viewing and academic achievement revisited.

Education;  September 22, 2003 ;     700+ words ......have an understanding of the impact television viewing has on academic achievement and school...alike ask the question of how much television viewing is too much. Few people would argue...25 years regarding the impact of television viewing on student achievement and necessary...

Reducing television viewing by preschool children.(Tips)

American Family Physician;  November 1, 2004 ;     533 words ......response to the adverse effects of television viewing, many programs have been developed...target school-aged children's television viewing habits. However, most television viewing habits are developed during preschool...evaluated an intervention to reduce television ...

The complex model of television viewing and educational achievement.

The Journal of Educational Research;  July 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......the relationship between amount of television viewing and educational achievement has not...there is no relationship between television viewing and educational achievement (Scarborough...be explained by the interaction of television viewing effects with age, by the nonlinear...

Television viewing in child care programs: a national survey.(Survey)

Communication Reports;  October 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......Settings Study, examining predictors of television viewing in center (n = 2089) and home-based...proportions of programs in which no television viewing occurred at all. The proportion of...day was associated with increased television viewing in both settings; provision of ...

Household Fast Food Expenditures and Children's Television Viewing: Can...

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics;  August 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......expenditures and television viewing, and children...and children's television viewing on children...index, obesity, television viewing Introduction...classified as overweight or obese. Even...consumption) and television viewing. For example...correlation between ...

Average U.S. Television Viewing Time, October 2000

The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2002;      163 words ...The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2002 01-01-2002 Title: Average U.S. Television Viewing Time, October 2000 Average U.S. Television Viewing Time, October 2000 Source: Nielsen Media Research (hours: minutes per week) Group...

Television Viewing Time Increases Risk for Obesity in Children.(Brief...

American Family Physician;  October 1, 2001 ;     399 words ......association between physical activity, television viewing time and energy intake using a nationally...about the daily number of hours of television viewing, weekly participation in physical...controlling for other variables, television viewing was positively associated with obesity...

Television's cholesterol connection. (link between television viewing and...

Science News;  November 24, 1990 ;     171 words ......cholesterol connection New research suggests a link between television viewing and high blood cholesterol levels among children and young...cholesterol. He advises pediatricians to ask about children's television viewing habits during routine checkups and to consider ordering...

Viewing the Viewers: Ten Video Cases of Children's Television Viewing...

Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media;  September 22, 1999 ;     700+ words ......of obesity result from sedentary television viewing and observing commercials promoting...Patterson, Nader, & Nelson, 1989). Television viewing has been associated with teenagers...Medrich, 1979). In other families, television viewing is a more structured activity. Prior...