Title | Obesity and low vision as a result of excessive internet use, and television viewing |
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Authors | Bener, A., Al-Mahdi, H.S., Ali, A.I., Al-Nufal, M., Vachhani, P.J. and Tewfik, I. |
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Abstract | 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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Journal | International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition |
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Journal citation | 62 (1), pp. 60-62 |
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ISSN | 0963-7486 |
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Year | Feb 2011 |
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Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
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Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.3109/09637486.2010.495711 |
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Published | Feb 2011 |
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