Removing the Bedroom Television Set: A Possible Method for Decreasing Television Viewing Time in Overweight and Obese Adults

U.S. adults watch television (TV) for an average of 5 hours per day, an amount associated with increased obesity risk. Studies in children have found bedroom TV sets, which result in greater time spent by watching TV and shorter sleep durations, both of which increase a child’s odds of becoming over...

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Published in:Behavior modification 2010-07, Vol.34 (4), p.290-298
Main Authors: Jones, Katherine E., Otten, Jennifer J., Johnson, Rachel K., Harvey-Berino, Jean R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Adults
Aged
Behavior Change
Behavior therapy. Cognitive therapy
Biological and medical sciences
Body Composition
Body Mass Index
Correlation
Female
Humans
Interactive television
Male
Media planning & buying
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Obesity
Obesity - psychology
Overweight - psychology
Programming (Broadcast)
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
Recreation - psychology
Risk Factors
Sleep
Television
Television Viewing
Time Factors
Treatments
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Summary:U.S. adults watch television (TV) for an average of 5 hours per day, an amount associated with increased obesity risk. Studies in children have found bedroom TV sets, which result in greater time spent by watching TV and shorter sleep durations, both of which increase a child’s odds of becoming overweight. The authors examined associations between bedroom TV viewing time (BTVT), Body Mass Index (BMI), sleep time, non-BTVT, and total TV viewing time in 39 overweight and obese adults with and without a bedroom TV set. No significant correlations are found between BTVT and BMI or sleep time. BTVT is positively associated with non-BTVT (Spearman’s rho = 0.37, p = .076; n = 24). Participants with a bedroom TV tend to watch significantly more TV (5.4 hours per day ± 2.7; p = .057; n = 28) than do participants without a bedroom TV (3.6 ± 1.9 hours per day, p = .057; n = 11). This article suggested that taking the TV out of the bedroom may help to reduce overweight and obese adults can decrease their TV viewing time.
ISSN:0145-4455
1552-4167
DOI:10.1177/0145445510370994