Relationship between dietary risk factors and sedentary recreational screen time among school-age children in grades 4-6 in Baise City from 2018 to 2019
OBJECTIVE To explore the relationship between dietary risk factors and sedentary recreational screen time of adolescents.METHODS A total of 6363 pupils of Grades 4-6 from 6 primary schools in Baise were recruited with cluster-sampling method from Sep.2018 to Nov.2019.Participants were asked to report the average duration of watching television,digital devices use,intakes of sugar-sweetened beverage(SSB),snacks,fast-food,soymilk/milk product,skipping breakfast,and frequency of fruit/vegetable.We performed multivariable logistic regression to estimate OR and 95%CI for the relations between duration of sedentary recreational screen time and dietary risk factors,accounting for complex survey sampling and adjusting for potential confounders.RESULTS(1)Both prolonged watching television and leisure-time digital devices use were associated with high intakes of SSBs,snacks,and low intakes of fruits and vegetables.And compared with<2 h/d,two kinds of screen-time(>4 h/d)was associated with significantly higher odds for intakes of fast food(watching television:OR=2.551;leisure-time digital devices use:OR=3.024),and frequent breakfast skipping(watching television:OR=1.646;leisure-time digital devices use:OR=1.674).(2)Compared with the reference groups(<2 h/d),participants spending more time per day on sedentary recreational screen time were more likely to drink sugar-sweetened beverages(OR=1.717-3.272),consume snacks(OR=1.626-3.154)and less likely to consume fruit/vegetable(OR=1.526-2.251).Compared to ≤ 2 h/d,estimated ORs of high intakes of fast food were 2.118 for>3 h/d of screen time,and 2.357 for>4 h/d.CONCLUSION Increased television viewing and digital devices use in adolescence of Grades 4-6 is associated with higher odds of consumption of sweetened beverages,snacks and lower odds of fruit consumption in Baise.
sedentary recreational screen timedietary factorsschool-age children