Electronic Gaming Characteristics Associated with Class 3 Severe Obesity in Youth Who Attend the Pediatric Weight Management Programs of the COMPASS Network.

CONCLUSIONS: Our study demonstrates a clear association between gaming characteristics, especially time spent gaming, and severe obesity in youth. Further research testing family-based interventions that target gaming behaviors in youth are needed. PMID: 30272488 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30272488?dopt=Abstract

Source: Childhood Obesity - October 3, 2018 Category: Eating Disorders & Weight Management Tags: Child Obes Source Type: research