Abstract

Television and Electronic Device Use and Overweight/Obesity Status: Children and Adolescents with and without Autism Spectrum Disorders

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  • In the United States between the years 2011 and 2012, 17.7 percent of children between the ages of 6 and years were obese and 19.4 percent of youth between the ages of and 19 years were reported to be obese [1]

  • The number of participants who had never been diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) was 85,139 (89.0%), who were less than 2 years of age and were not eligible to respond to the question was 10,446 (10.92%), and who had an ASD at the time of data collection was 1,624 (1.70%)

  • They may have specific health care needs related to ASD or other co-occurring conditions. They may be more vulnerable to developing chronic non-communicable conditions because of behavioural risk factors such as physical inactivity and poor dietary preferences, and are at greater risk of violence, injury and abuse [35]. This statement supports the need for the current study, which examined ASD status among children and adolescents in the United States as a predictor of the amount of time spent engaging in screen time

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Introduction

In the United States between the years 2011 and 2012, 17.7 percent of children between the ages of 6 and years were obese and 19.4 percent of youth between the ages of and 19 years were reported to be obese [1]. Among the many behavioral factors contributing to increasing rates of childhood and adolescent obesity are those of increasing usage of media devices such as television and computers [5,6]. A number of current studies refer to “screen time”, which is the amount of time using media by watching a screen such as television, computers, and video games [7,8,9,10]. Even with the increase of computers, tablets and cell phones, television remains the leading mode of screen time, accounting for greater than four hours per day [10].98.5 percent of adolescents between the ages of 12 and 15 report watching television on a daily basis [12]

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