A national study of neighborhood safety, outdoor play, television viewing, and obesity in preschool children

被引:299
作者
Burdette, HL
Whitaker, RC
机构
[1] Childrens Hosp Philadelphia, Div Gastroenterol & Nutr, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
[2] Univ Penn, Sch Med, Dept Pediat, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
[3] Math Policy Res Inc, Princeton, NJ USA
关键词
safety; obesity; television; physical activity; preschool children;
D O I
10.1542/peds.2004-2443
中图分类号
R72 [儿科学];
学科分类号
100202 ;
摘要
Objective. To test the hypothesis that preschool children have a higher prevalence of obesity, spend less time playing outdoors, and spend more time watching television (TV) when they live in neighborhoods that their mothers perceive as unsafe. Methods. In a cross-sectional survey in 20 large US cities, mothers reported the average daily time of outdoor play and TV viewing for their 3-year-old children, and the children ' s BMI was measured. Maternal perception of neighborhood safety was assessed with the Neighborhood Environment for Children Rating Scales; the scale score was used to divide children into tertiles of neighborhood safety. Results. Of the 3141 children studied, 35% lived in households with incomes below the US poverty threshold. After adjustment for sociodemographic factors ( household income and mothers ' education, race/ ethnicity, age, and marital status), obesity prevalence (BMI >= 95th percentile) did not differ in children from the least safe to the safest neighborhood safety tertile (18% vs 17% vs 20%) or in weekday (160 vs 151 vs 156 minutes/day) or weekend (233 vs 222 vs 222 minutes/day) outdoor play time. Children who lived in neighborhoods that were perceived by their mothers as the least safe watched more TV (201 vs 182 vs 185 minutes/day) and were more likely to watch > 2 hours/day (66% vs 60% vs 62%). TV viewing and outdoor play minutes were not significantly correlated to each other or to BMI. Conclusions. In a national sample of preschool children, mothers ' perception of neighborhood safety was related to their children ' s TV viewing time but not to their outdoor play time or risk for obesity.
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