Intervention Strategies > Television Viewing

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Overview

Although the exact mechanisms through which television viewing impacts weight are still being studied, there is significant evidence that screen time is related to increased body fatness. Relatively few evaluations of interventions targeting screen time have been completed; and of those, all were primarily focused on children and adolescents. Due to the limited number of studies, evidence is presented only for behavioral interventions to reduce screen time. In planning programs seeking to reduce screen time, public health practitioners may apply the available evidence for behavioral interventions to reduce screen time with lessons learned from other obesity prevention strategies targeting children and youth.