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American Public Health Association
133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition
December 10-14, 2005
Philadelphia, PA
 APHA 2005
 
Session: Reducing Children's TV Time to Reduce the Risk of Childhood Obesity
5187.0: Wednesday, December 14, 2005: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM
Oral
Reducing Children's TV Time to Reduce the Risk of Childhood Obesity
Obesity is now considered an epidemic in the United States, and television use has been implicated as a significant contributor. The presentations in this session will discuss the evidence for and against a causal relationship between television viewing and obesity but will also describe strategies to reduce TV time for children. Speakers will discuss the implications of this issue for health promotion and obesity prevention activities as well as specific challenges for parents in reducing their children's TV time.
Learning Objectives: At the end of this session, participants will be able to:
  1. Discuss the scientific evidence surrounding the apparent links between television use and obesity;
  2. Describe interventions to reduce children's television viewing time; and
  3. Explain challenges that may arise for parents in reducing their children's viewing time.
Moderator(s):Judith A. McDivitt, PhD
2:30 PMTelevision & obesity: Is there really evidence for a causal relationship?  [ Recorded presentation ]
K. Viswanath, PhD, Shoba Ramanadhan, MPH
2:52 PMPotential strategies to reduce television watching among children: What are the issues for families?  [ Recorded presentation ]
James C. Hersey, PhD, Amy Jordan, PhD, Carrie Heitzler, MPH
3:14 PMAll in the family: Factors that shape children's home TV viewing environment  [ Recorded presentation ]
Kristen Riehman, MS, MPH, Judith McDivitt, PhD, Janet E. Fulton, PhD, Danielle Thompson, BS
3:36 PMEmpowering parental monitoring of children’s TV use: A foundation strategy to prevent childhood obesity  [ Recorded presentation ]
Amy Jordan, PhD, Amy Branner, MS, James C. Hersey, PhD, Sally Salib, MPH
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Public Health Education and Health Promotion
Endorsed by:Food and Nutrition; School Health Education and Services; Socialist Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

The 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition (December 10-14, 2005) of APHA