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Article

Screen Time Parenting Practices and Associations with Preschool Children’s TV Viewing and Weight-Related Outcomes

by
Cody D. Neshteruk
1,*,
Gina L. Tripicchio
2,
Stephanie Lobaugh
3,
Amber E. Vaughn
4,
Courtney T. Luecking
5,
Stephanie Mazzucca
6 and
Dianne S. Ward
4,7
1
Department of Population Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Duke University, 200 Morris Street, Durham, NC 27701, USA
2
Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122, USA
3
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA
4
Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
5
Department of Dietetics and Human Nutrition, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, USA
6
Prevention Research Center, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA
7
Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18(14), 7359; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18147359
Submission received: 27 May 2021 / Revised: 30 June 2021 / Accepted: 3 July 2021 / Published: 9 July 2021
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Developing Children's Health Behaviors within the Family Context)
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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine associations between screen time (ST) parenting practices and 2–5-year-old children’s TV viewing and weight status. Data were collected from 252 parent–child dyads enrolled in a randomized parent-focused childhood obesity prevention trial from 2009–2012. ST parenting practices were assessed at baseline using a validated parent-reported survey. Parent-reported child TV viewing and objectively measured anthropometrics were assessed at baseline, post-intervention (35 weeks), and follow-up (59 weeks). Marginal effect models were developed to test the association between baseline ST parenting practices and children’s TV viewing, BMI z-score, and waist circumference across all time points. Limiting/monitoring ST was associated with decreased weekly TV viewing (β = −1.79, 95% CI: −2.61; −0.95), while exposure to TV was associated with more weekly TV viewing over 59 weeks (β = 1.23, 95% CI: 0.71; 1.75). Greater parent use of ST as a reward was associated with increased child BMI z-score (β = 0.15, 95% CI: 0.03; 0.27), while limiting/monitoring ST was associated with decreased BMI z-score (β = −0.16, 95% CI: −0.30; −0.01) and smaller waist circumference (β = −0.55, 95% CI: −1.04; −0.06) over the study period. These findings suggest that modifying parent ST practices may be an important strategy to reduce ST and promote healthy weight in young children.
Keywords: screen time; screen media; parenting practices; obesity; preschool children screen time; screen media; parenting practices; obesity; preschool children

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Neshteruk, C.D.; Tripicchio, G.L.; Lobaugh, S.; Vaughn, A.E.; Luecking, C.T.; Mazzucca, S.; Ward, D.S. Screen Time Parenting Practices and Associations with Preschool Children’s TV Viewing and Weight-Related Outcomes. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 7359. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18147359

AMA Style

Neshteruk CD, Tripicchio GL, Lobaugh S, Vaughn AE, Luecking CT, Mazzucca S, Ward DS. Screen Time Parenting Practices and Associations with Preschool Children’s TV Viewing and Weight-Related Outcomes. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18(14):7359. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18147359

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Neshteruk, Cody D., Gina L. Tripicchio, Stephanie Lobaugh, Amber E. Vaughn, Courtney T. Luecking, Stephanie Mazzucca, and Dianne S. Ward. 2021. "Screen Time Parenting Practices and Associations with Preschool Children’s TV Viewing and Weight-Related Outcomes" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 14: 7359. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18147359

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Neshteruk, C. D., Tripicchio, G. L., Lobaugh, S., Vaughn, A. E., Luecking, C. T., Mazzucca, S., & Ward, D. S. (2021). Screen Time Parenting Practices and Associations with Preschool Children’s TV Viewing and Weight-Related Outcomes. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(14), 7359. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18147359

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