Screen TimeEvidence & Dosage
Eyes, sleep, cognitive effects, break strategies.
Evidence at a glance
- Total studies
- 335
- With abstract
- 44
- Meta / Systematic / RCT
- 1
- Highly cited
- 11
- Publication years
- 1998–2026
Screen Time in the context of Methods
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Go to MethodsTop studies on Screen Time
Ranked by influential-citation count and publication year.
Moderate to vigorous physical activity and sedentary time and cardiometabolic risk factors in children and adolescents.
JAMA2012n=6,413200 influential citations<h4>Context</h4>Sparse data exist on the combined associations between physical activity and sedentary time with cardiometabolic risk factors in healthy children.<h4>Objective</h4>To examine the independent and combined associations…
Sedentary behaviour and obesity development in children and adolescents.
Nutrition, metabolism, and cardiovascular diseases : NMCD2008147 influential citationsSedentary lifestyle patterns in children and adolescents, i.e. playing digital games, using computers and especially watching television, have been associated with obesity. However, not all sedentary behaviour has shown the same relevance…
Television viewing, computer game playing, and Internet use and self-reported time to bed and time out of bed in secondary-school children.
Sleep2004n=2,546108 influential citations<h4>Objective</h4>To investigate the relationship between the presence of a television set, a gaming computer, and/or an Internet connection in the room of adolescents and television viewing, computer game playing, and Internet use on the…
Household routines and obesity in US preschool-aged children.
Pediatrics2010100 influential citations<h4>Objective</h4>To determine the association between the prevalence of obesity in preschool-aged children and exposure to 3 household routines: regularly eating the evening meal as a family, obtaining adequate sleep, and limiting…
Short sleep duration in infancy and risk of childhood overweight.
Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine2008n=8388 influential citations<h4>Objective</h4>To examine the extent to which infant sleep duration is associated with overweight at age 3 years.<h4>Design</h4>Longitudinal survey.<h4>Setting</h4>Multisite group practice in Massachusetts.<h4>Participants</h4>Nine…
Impact of singular excessive computer game and television exposure on sleep patterns and memory performance of school-aged children.
Pediatrics200765 influential citations<h4>Objective</h4>Television and computer game consumption are a powerful influence in the lives of most children. Previous evidence has supported the notion that media exposure could impair a variety of behavioral characteristics.…
Short nighttime sleep-duration and hyperactivity trajectories in early childhood.
Pediatrics2009n=2,05743 influential citations<h4>Objectives</h4>Our objectives were to investigate the developmental trajectories of nighttime sleep duration and hyperactivity over the preschool years and to identify the risk factors associated with short nighttime sleep duration and…
Sleep and television and computer habits of Swedish school-age children.
The Journal of school nursing : the official publication of the National Association of School Nurses2012n=4,69226 influential citationsThe aim of this study was to investigate sleep, television and computer habits and enjoyment and feelings of tiredness in school of school-age children and adolescents in Sweden. An instrument found to be valid and reliable here was…
Health behaviors and obesity among US children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder by gender and medication use.
Preventive medicine2011n=66,7078 influential citations<h4>Objective</h4>We examined the levels of physical activity, sedentary behaviors, and obesity among children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) by gender and medication use and estimated the associations between health…
Children's sleep and adjustment over time: the role of socioeconomic context.
Child development2010n=1767 influential citationsRelations were examined between children's sleep and their externalizing and internalizing symptoms. Longitudinal relations were examined when children were in 3rd (T1) and 5th (T2) grades, and cross-sectional relations were assessed at…
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