Kourlaba Georgia, Kondaki Katerina, Liarigkovinos Thodoris, Manios Yannis
Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Harokopio University of Athens, 70 El. Venizelou Avenue, 17671 Kallithea, Greece.
J Public Health (Oxf). 2009 Jun;31(2):222-30. doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdp011. Epub 2009 Feb 18.
The aim of this work was to describe the television (TV) viewing time of preschoolers and to examine factors that may be associated with it.
A representative sample of 2374 Greek children aged 1-5 years was examined (GENESIS study). Several anthropometric, socio-demographic and lifestyle characteristics were recorded.
The mean value of children's TV viewing time was 1.32 h/day. Twenty six percent of participants spent > or =2 h/day in TV viewing. The percentage of children whose TV viewing time was longer than 2 h/day was higher in children aged 3-5 years (32.2%) than in those aged 1-2 years (11.1%). Multiple logistic regression revealed that the time parents spent viewing TV and the region of residence were significantly associated with child's TV viewing time among children aged 3-5 years. Among children aged 1-2 years, the maternal educational status, the region of residence and the maternal TV viewing time were found to be related to child's TV viewing time.
The current findings suggest that almost one third of Greek preschoolers exceed the limit of 2 h/day TV viewing and that parental TV viewing time may be the most important determinant of children's TV viewing time.
本研究旨在描述学龄前儿童的电视观看时间，并探讨与之相关的因素。
对2374名1至5岁的希腊儿童进行了代表性抽样调查（GENESIS研究）。记录了一些人体测量、社会人口统计学和生活方式特征。
儿童电视观看时间的平均值为1.32小时/天。26%的参与者每天看电视时间≥2小时。3至5岁儿童中，看电视时间超过2小时/天的比例（32.2%）高于1至2岁儿童（11.1%）。多因素逻辑回归显示，在3至5岁儿童中，父母看电视的时间和居住地区与孩子的电视观看时间显著相关。在1至2岁儿童中，母亲的教育程度、居住地区和母亲看电视的时间与孩子的电视观看时间有关。
目前的研究结果表明，近三分之一的希腊学龄前儿童每天看电视时间超过2小时的限制，父母看电视的时间可能是孩子电视观看时间的最重要决定因素。
