@misc{10481/49864,
year = {2017},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10481/49864},
abstract = {Background: An increase of sedentary behaviors far from the Mediterranean lifestyle is happening in spite of the
impact on health. The aims of this study were to describe sedentary behaviors in children and adolescents.
Methods: A representative sample of 424 Spanish children and adolescents (38% females) involved in the ANIBES
study was analyzed regarding their sedentary behaviors, together with the availability of televisions, computers, and
consoles by means of the HELENA sedentary behavior questionnaire.
Results: For the total sample of children, 49.3% during weekdays and 84% during weekends did not meet the
recommendation of less than 2 hours of screen viewing per day. The use of TV was higher during weekdays
(p < 0.05) and there were significant differences between adolescents and children (16.9 vs. 25.1%, p < 0.05). The use
of computer, console games and of internet for non-study reasons was higher during weekends (p < 0.001).
Adolescents played more computer games and used more internet for non-study reasons than children during
both weekdays and weekends (p < 0.05 and p < 0.001, respectively). The use of internet for academic reasons was
lower in children (p < 0.001) than adolescents during weekends; however, no significant differences were found
between sexes. In addition, more than 30% of the children and adolescents had at least one electronic device in
their bedrooms.
Conclusions: Spanish children and adolescents are not meeting the recommendations regarding the maximum of
screen viewing (<2 h/day), especially during the weekend, for all of sedentary behaviors. Urgent strategies and
intervention studies are needed to reduce sedentary behavior in young people.},
organization = {The ANIBES study was financially supported by a grant from Coca-Cola Iberia
through an agreement with the Spanish Nutrition Foundation (FEN). The
funding sponsors had no role in the design of the study, in the collection,
analyses, or interpretation of the data; in the writing of the manuscript, and
in the decision to publish the results.},
publisher = {Biomed Central},
keywords = {Sedentary lifestyle},
keywords = {Physical activity},
keywords = {Youth},
keywords = {Child},
keywords = {ANIBES Study},
title = {Sedentary behavior among Spanish children and adolescents: findings from the ANIBES study},
doi = {10.1186/s12889-017-4026-0},
author = {Mielgo-Ayuso, Juan and Aparicio-Ugarriza, Raquel and Castillo, Adrián and Ruiz, Emma and Ávila, José Manuel and Aranceta-Bartrina, Javier and Gil Hernández, Ángel and Ortega, Rosa M. and Serra-Majem, Lluis and Varela-Moreiras, Gregorio and González Gross, Marcela},
}