Relação entre estado nutricional e tempo de tela em adolescentes Relationship between nutritional status and screen time in adolescents Relación entre estado nutricional y tiempo ante una pantalla en adolescentes
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Adolescent, sedentary lifestyle, nutritional statusAbstract
OBJECTIVE: Evaluate the nutritional status related to screen time in adolescents of a public school in the city of Balneário Piçarras, Santa Catarina, Brazil. METHODS: The screen time was operationalized from the measurement of the average daily time (hours/minutes) spent watching television, playing video games and using the computer on weekdays and weekends during a typical or usual week. The nutritional evaluation was made through body mass index/age and waist circumference. RESULTS: Were evaluated 121 adolescents, being 49% male and 51% female. The predominant nutritional status was eutrophy (77%) followed by overweight (23%). High trunk fat mass was found in 12% of participants. The average screen time on weekdays, weekends and daily was 4.8h (4.04-5.46), 5.9h (5.06-6.75) e 5.1h (4.40-5.76), respectively. There were no significant differences in nutritional status between genders, however boys presented higher waist circumference (p=0.0128) and screen time during weekdays (p=0.0044), weekend (p=0.0038) and daily (p=0.0016) when compared to girls. CONCLUSION: Screen time was not significantly associated with nutritional status. However, 74.4% of the adolescents presented screen time above the recommended level, being necessary to develop interventions in this population group.Downloads
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Grillo1, L. P., Schiffer2, L. R., Klann3, L., Mezadri4, T., & Lacerda5, L. L. V. de. (2018). Relação entre estado nutricional e tempo de tela em adolescentes Relationship between nutritional status and screen time in adolescents Relación entre estado nutricional y tiempo ante una pantalla en adolescentes. Adolescência E Saúde, 15(2), 65–71. Retrieved from https://adolescenciaesaude.com/index.php/aes/article/view/203
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