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Associations Between Sedentary Behavior and Blood Pressure in Young Children

Associations Between Sedentary Behavior and Blood Pressure in Young Children ARTICLE Associations Between Sedentary Behavior and Blood Pressure in Young Children David Martinez-Gomez, BSc; Jared Tucker, MSc; Kate A. Heelan, PhD; Gregory J. Welk, PhD; Joey C. Eisenmann, PhD Objective: To examine the effect of sedentary behav- Results: Thesamplespentameanof5hoursperdayinsed- entary activities, of which 1.5 hours were screen time. ior on blood pressure (BP) in young children using dif- Accelerometer-determined sedentary activity was not sig- ferent indicators of sedentariness. nificantly related to systolic BP or diastolic BP after control- ling for age, sex, height, and percentage of body fat. How- Design: Cross-sectional study. ever,TVviewingandscreentime,butnotcomputeruse,were positively associated with both systolic BP and diastolic BP Setting: A rural Midwestern US community. afteradjustingforpotentialconfounders.Participantsinthe lowest tertile of TV and screen time had significantly lower Participants: Children aged 3 to 8 years (N=111). levelsofsystolicanddiastolicBPthanparticipantsintheup- per tertile. Intervention: Adiposity was assessed using dual energy x-ray absorptiometry. Objective measurements Conclusions: Sedentary behaviors, particularly TV view- of sedentary activity were obtained from the acceler- ing and screen time, were associated with BP in chil- ometers that participants wore continuously for 7 dren, independent of body composition. Other factors days. Measurements of television (TV) viewing, com- that occur during excessive screen time (eg, food con- puter, and screen time http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png JAMA Pediatrics American Medical Association

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American Medical Association
Copyright
Copyright 2009 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved. Applicable FARS/DFARS Restrictions Apply to Government Use.
ISSN
2168-6203
eISSN
2168-6211
DOI
10.1001/archpediatrics.2009.90
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19652104
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Abstract

ARTICLE Associations Between Sedentary Behavior and Blood Pressure in Young Children David Martinez-Gomez, BSc; Jared Tucker, MSc; Kate A. Heelan, PhD; Gregory J. Welk, PhD; Joey C. Eisenmann, PhD Objective: To examine the effect of sedentary behav- Results: Thesamplespentameanof5hoursperdayinsed- entary activities, of which 1.5 hours were screen time. ior on blood pressure (BP) in young children using dif- Accelerometer-determined sedentary activity was not sig- ferent indicators of sedentariness. nificantly related to systolic BP or diastolic BP after control- ling for age, sex, height, and percentage of body fat. How- Design: Cross-sectional study. ever,TVviewingandscreentime,butnotcomputeruse,were positively associated with both systolic BP and diastolic BP Setting: A rural Midwestern US community. afteradjustingforpotentialconfounders.Participantsinthe lowest tertile of TV and screen time had significantly lower Participants: Children aged 3 to 8 years (N=111). levelsofsystolicanddiastolicBPthanparticipantsintheup- per tertile. Intervention: Adiposity was assessed using dual energy x-ray absorptiometry. Objective measurements Conclusions: Sedentary behaviors, particularly TV view- of sedentary activity were obtained from the acceler- ing and screen time, were associated with BP in chil- ometers that participants wore continuously for 7 dren, independent of body composition. Other factors days. Measurements of television (TV) viewing, com- that occur during excessive screen time (eg, food con- puter, and screen time

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JAMA PediatricsAmerican Medical Association

Published: Aug 1, 2009

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