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Screen time is more strongly associated than physical activity with overweight and obesity in 9- to 16-year-old Australians

  1. Carol Maher1,
  2. Tim S Olds1,
  3. Joey C Eisenmann2,
  4. James Dollman1

Article first published online: 23 AUG 2012

DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2012.02804.x

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Acta Paediatrica

Acta Paediatrica

Volume 101, Issue 11, pages 1170–1174, November 2012

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Maher, C., Olds, T. S., Eisenmann, J. C. and Dollman, J. (2012), Screen time is more strongly associated than physical activity with overweight and obesity in 9- to 16-year-old Australians. Acta Paediatrica, 101: 1170–1174. doi: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2012.02804.x

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  1. 1

    Health and Use of Time (HUT) Group, Sansom Institute for Health Research, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia

  2. 2

    The Healthy Weight Centre, Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital, Grand Rapids, MI, USA

*Dr Carol Maher, Health and Use of Time Group, School of Health Sciences, University of South Australia, GPO Box 2471, Adelaide SA 5001, Australia. Tel: +61 8 8302 6558 | Fax: +61 8 8302 6558 | Email: carol.maher@unisa.edu.au

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 1 OCT 2012
  2. Article first published online: 23 AUG 2012
  3. Accepted manuscript online: 31 JUL 2012 09:27AM EST
  4. Received 20 February 2012; revised 31 May 2012; accepted 25 July 2012.

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Table S1. Percentages and multivariate odds ratios for being obese and/or overweight when activity is categorised on the basis of MVPA and screen time median splits.

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