With recommendations to include parents as targets for childhood obesity interventions,
there is a need to review the relationship of general parenting influences on childhood …

Understanding the family dynamic surrounding media use is crucial to our understanding of
media effects, policy development, and the targeting of individuals and families for …

Por que os grandes gurus do Vale do Silício proíbem seus filhos de usar telas? Você sabia
que nunca na história da humanidade houve um declínio tão acentuado nas habilidades …

Background Children in households of lower socioeconomic status (SES) are more likely to
be overweight/obese. We aimed to determine if home physical activity (PA) environments …

The primary aim of this study was to examine a range of potential behavioral and
maternal/paternal correlates of adiposity in children. Secondary aims were to examine (a) …

Given the emerging global childhood obesity epidemic and the specter of a generation of
children who will have a shorter life expectancy than that of their parents, recent research …

True, media violence is not likely to turn an otherwise fine child into a violent criminal. But,
just as every cigarette one smokes increases a little bit the likelihood of a lung tumor …

Parenting behaviors are known to have a major impact on childhood obesity but it has
proven difficult to isolate the specific mechanism of influence. The present study uses …

Background Parenting style may be an important determinant of an individual's future weight
status. However, reviews that evaluate the relationship between parenting style and weight …

Several interventions have targeted dyads to promote physical activity (PA) or reduce
sedentary behaviour (SB), but the evidence has not been synthesised. Sixty-nine studies …