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MARTINEZ-AGUILAR, Ma. de la Luz et al. Obesity-overweight and tv-watching time associations in north eastern border pre-school mexican children. Enferm. univ [online]. 2011, vol.8, n.2, pp.12-17. ISSN 2395-8421.

Introduction: In Severalstudies of obesity has found association with the time that children spend watching TV. Aim- To know the association of time watching television and the prevalence of overweight and obesity in preschool children living in a. border town in Mexico. Method: correlational study, 124 preschool children míale and female, anthropometric data were obtained of them and their parents were surveyed about television habits of their children. It was applied descriptive statis-tics and of association. Results: 9.8°% of children were overweight and 16.1°% were obese. 99.2°% of them watched television; the time spent watching television was-one to two hours per day, 75.8°% and three to four hours per day, and20.2°%. 273.4°% of children had video games. Conclusions: A quarter of children were overweight and obesity. It was found an increased risk and association in overweight and obesity children versus normal weight children with a) time of watch TV (OR = 2.79, p = 0.045) and b) eat when the children watch TV (OR = 2.87, p = 0.021).

Palabras llave : Overweight; obesity; television.

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