@article{ref1,
title="Neighborhood characteristics and TV viewing in youth: Nothing to do but watch TV?",
journal="Journal of science and medicine in sport",
year="2012",
author="Timperio, Anna and Salmon, Jo and Ball, Kylie and Te Velde, Saskia J. and Brug, Johannes and Crawford, David",
volume="15",
number="2",
pages="122-128",
abstract="OBJECTIVES: Neighborhoods that discourage physical activity may encourage indoor activities such as television viewing; however few studies have examined associations between neighborhood characteristics and sedentary activities. This study examined cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between perceived and objective measures of the physical and social neighborhood environment and TV viewing among children and adolescents. Design. Cross-sectional and longitudinal. Method. Parents of 190 children and 169 adolescents completed questionnaire items regarding facilities for physical activity, neighborhood safety (general and traffic), social trust/cohesion, social networks and their child's TV viewing in 2006. Adolescents self-reported their TV viewing. Objective measures of reported crime and neighborhood destinations, road connectivity and traffic exposure were also collected. Questions about TV viewing were repeated in 2008 (longitudinal sample: 157 children; 105 adolescents). Results. In children, cul-de-sac density and reported crime were positively and parental agreement that their neighborhood has good sporting facilities was negatively associated with TV viewing in cross-sectional analyses. There were no longitudinal associations among children. In adolescents, number of sports options and parental agreement that there is so much traffic that it is difficult/unpleasant for their child to walk were negatively associated with TV viewing 2 years later. Conclusions. Crime and a lack of quality sporting facilities or options may contribute to greater TV viewing among youth.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1440-2440",
doi="10.1016/j.jsams.2011.07.010",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2011.07.010"
}