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2007

Adachi-Mejia, AM et al (2007) Children with a TV in their bedroom at higher risk for being overweight International Journal of Obesity Vol.31, No. 4, Pp 644-651

Beaudoin, CE et al (2007) Promoting healthy eating & physical activity- Short term effects of a mass media campaign American Journal of Preventive Medicine Vol.32, No. 3, Pp 217-223

Campbell, K, Crawford, D & Hesketh, K (2007) Australian parent’s views on their 5-6 year-old children’s food choices Health Promotion International Vol 22, No. 1, 11-18

Dollman, J; Ridley, K; Martin, M; Hemphill, E. (2006) "Dietry intake, physical activity and TV viewing as mediators of the association of socioeconomic status with body composition: a cross-sectional analysis of Australian youth" .International Journal of Obesity Vol. 31, 2006, p45-52

Gable, S; Krull, JL.(2007) "Television watching & family meals are predictive of overweight onset & persistence in a national sample of school-aged children. "Journal of the American Dietetic Association, Vol. 107, No.1, Jan 2007

Jackson, C, Brown J, L’Engle, K (2007) R-rated movies, bedroom televisions & initiation of smoking by white & black adolescents Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine Vol.161, No. 3, Pp 260-268

Jouret, B et al (2007) Factors associated with overweight in preschool children in southwestern France. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol. 85, No. 6, Pp 1643-9

Larouche, HH; Hofer, TP; Davis, MM."Adult fat intake associated with the presence of children in households: Findings from NHANES III." Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Vol. 20 No. 1, 2007, p9-15

Li S; Jin X; Wu S; Jiang F; Yan C; Shen X (2007) The impact of media use on sleep patterns & sleep disorders among school-aged children in China.Sleep, Vol. 30, No. 3, March 2007, Pp361-7

Ludwig, D (2007) Ending the Food Fight: Guide Your Child to a Healthy Weight in a Fast Food/Fake Food World Houghton Mifflin

Ronspies, S; Messerole, M.(2007) "Relationships among body mass index, daily step count and television viewing time in children aged 10-13 years." Research Quarterly for Exercise & Sport,Vol. 78, No. 1, Feb 2007

Samdal, O et al (2007) Trends in vigorous physical activity & TV watching of adolescents from 1986 to 2002 in seven European countries. European Journal of Public Health, Vol. 17, No. 3, Pp 242-248

Sigman, A. (2007)"Visual voodoo: The biological impact of watching TV" Biologist Vol. 54, No. 1, Feb 2007

Suganuma, N et al (2007) Using electronic media before sleep can curtail sleep time & result in self-perceived insufficient sleep. Sleep & Biological Rhythms, Vol. 5, No. 3, Pp 204-214

Temple, JL; Giacomelli, AM; Kent, K; Roemmich, J; Epstein, L (2007) Television watching increases motivated responding for food and energy intake in children. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol. 85, No. 2, Pp 355-61

White, M; Lehmann, H; Trent, M. (2007) "Disco dance video game-based interventional study on childhood obesity" Journal of Adolescent Health Vol. 40, No. 2, Feb 2007

Wilson, L (2007) Adolescents’ attitudes about obesity & what they want in obesity prevention programs. Journal of School Nursing, Vol. 23, No. 4, Pp 229-238.

Before 2007

Anderson, Ross E. et al (1998) "Relationship of physical activity and television watching with body weight and level of fatness among children". In JAMA Journal of the American Medical Assocation, 279(12) March 25, 1998, p.938-942.

Burke, Mary G. (2003). "The influence of television and visual electronic media on brain development". The Brown University Child and Adolescent Behavior Letter. Vol. 19, No. 7, July 2003, p.1-3.

Child and Youth Health (2003). Overweight and Obesity in South Australian pre-school children. SA: 16 May 2003

Christakis, D. A., Zimmerman, F. J., et al. (2004) “Early Television Exposure and Subsequent Attentional Problems in Children”. In Pediatrics. Vol. 113, No. 4, April, 2004, pp. 708—713.

Collins, R. L., Elliott, M. N., et al. (2004) Watching Sex on Television Predicts Adolescent Initiation of Sexual Behavior. In Pediatrics. Vol. 114, No. 3, September 2004, p. 280–289.

Dalton, M.A., Sargent, J.D., et. al (2003) Effect of viewing smoking in movies on adolescent smoking initiation: A cohort study. The Lancet. Vol. 361, No. 9373, 07 June, 2003

Ebbeling, Cara B; Pawlak, Dorota B & Ludwig, David S (2002) "Childhood obesity: public-health crisis, common sense cure". In The Lancet, Vol 360, August 10, pp.473-482.

Hancox, R.J.; Milne, B.J. & Poulton, R. (2004) "Association between child and adolescent television viewing and adult health: a longitudinal birth cohort study". The Lancet, Vol. 364, No. 9430, 17 July, 2004, p. 257–262

Hargreaves, D (2002) 'Adolescent body image suffers from media images of the impossibly thin'. In Flinders University Journal, vol. 13(9) June 10-23.

Healey, J (ed) (2003), Healthy Body Image - Issues in Society. Vol. 182. NSW: The Spinney Press.

Johnson, J. J.; Cohen, P.; Kasen, S.; First, M. B.; and Brook, J. S. (2004) Association Between Television Viewing and Sleep Problems During Adolescence and Early Adulthood. In Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine. Vol. 158 No. 6, June 2004. p. 562-568.

Kasteleijn-Nolst, T., et al (2002). "Video games are exciting: a European study of video game-induced seizures and epilepsy". In Epileptic Disorders, Vol. 4, No. 2, June, 2002, p. 121–128.

Kline, S. (2003). "Media Consumption as a Health  and Safety Risk Factor". North Vancouver Media Risk Reduction Intervention, Simon Fraser University, Media Analysis Lab.

Krebs, N., et al. (2003) "Prevention of pediatric overweight and obesity". In Pediatrics Vol. 112, No. 2, August, 2003, p. 424-430

Ricci, S. et al (1998) "Epilepsy provoked by television and video games: safety of 100-Hz screens". In Neurology, Vol. 50, No. 3, March, 1998, 790–793.

Sargent, J. D. et al. (2001) 'Effect of seeing tobacco use in films on trying smoking among adolescents: cross sectional study'. In British Medical Journal, vol. 323, 15 December, 2001.

Stettler, N. (2004) "News release, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia". Obesity Research. Vol. 12, June, 2004, p. 896–303.

Wade, T (2002) 'Getting critical of media glamour may stave off eating disorder'. In Flinders University Journal, vol. 13 (3) March 18-April 1.

Wilson, JL; Peebles, R; Hardy, KK; Litt, IF. (2006) "Surfing for thinness: A pilot study of pro-eating disorder Web site usage in adolescents with eating disorders." Pediatrics, Vol. 118 No. 6, December 2006 p1635-1643

 

 

 

 



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