Year: 2009
Type: article
Abstract: TO THE EDITOR: Tremblay and colleagues in the letter titled “A Sound Mind in a Sound Body” (1) are correct to point out that screen time appears to have specific behavioral effects on children. Our observations are that children (and adults) become “hypnotized” by the television screen and diminish their spontaneous movement. Temple and colleagues suggest that screen exposure may result in the disruption of energy balance regulation whereby energy intake no longer matches the very low levels of energy expenditure associated with sedentary screen time (2). These observations along with those of Tremblay and ours, however, only reflect the short influence of screen time. The role of screen exposure—and the associated hypnosis!—on long-term energy balance remains to be determined. The authors declared no conflict of interest.
Source: Obesity
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2008.681
Institution: Mayo Clinic
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2061724824