Television - Research News and Information

Sunday, October 12, 2008

Wheeze and asthma in children: associations with body mass index, sports, television viewing, and diet.

Sep 2008 BACKGROUND: Obesity, physical activity, and dietary habits are distinct but strongly interrelated lifestyle factors that may be relevant to the prevalence of wheeze and asthma in children. Our goal was to analyze the... Read more...

Children's direct fright and worry reactions to violence in fiction and news television programs.

Sep 2008 OBJECTIVE: To examine whether violence in fictional and news television content frightens and worries children. STUDY DESIGN: Mixed factorial. Type of reaction (fright, worry) and television programming (violent news,... Read more...

Electronic screen media for persons with autism spectrum disorders: results of a survey.

Sep 2008 Social and anecdotal reports suggest a predilection for visual media among individuals on the autism spectrum, yet no formal investigation has explored the extent of that use. Using a distributed questionnaire design,... Read more...

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Latest indexed articles for 'Television'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Wheeze and asthma in children: associations with body mass index, sports, television viewing, and diet. Sep 2008
• Children's direct fright and worry reactions to violence in fiction and news television programs. Sep 2008
• The role of television viewing and education in decreased body mass indexes in children. Sep 2008
• Electronic screen media for persons with autism spectrum disorders: results of a survey. Sep 2008
• [The documentary was not about ADHD] 20 Aug 2008
• The newsworthiness of cancer in Australian television news. 4 Aug 2008
• Teens, TV, and bad habits. Aug 2008
• Combined influence of physical activity and screen time recommendations on childhood overweight. Aug 2008
• Broadcast of surgical procedures as a teaching instrument in cardiothoracic surgery. Aug 2008
• Earlier violent television exposure and later drug dependence. 10 Jul 2008
• The frequency of medicines advertising on New Zealand television. 4 Jul 2008
• As seen on TV. 3 Jul 2008
• Sleep patterns and television viewing in relation to obesity and blood pressure: evidence from an adolescent Brazilian birth cohort. Jul 2008
• The association of television viewing with snacking behavior and body weight of young adults. 4 Jun 2008
• Not your grandmother's doctor show: a review of Grey's anatomy, House, and Nip/Tuck. Jun 2008
• Can even minimal news coverage influence consumer health-related behaviour? A case study of iodized salt sales, Australia. Jun 2008
• Encouraging the right women to attend for cervical cancer screening: results from a targeted television campaign in Victoria, Australia. Jun 2008
• Number 1 in the ratings: a television-based learning activity. Jun 2008
• Relationship between screen time and metabolic syndrome in adolescents. Jun 2008
• Portrayal of body weight on children's television sitcoms: a content analysis. Jun 2008

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Technical information about 'Television'

Definition: The transmission and reproduction of transient images of fixed or moving objects. An electronic system of transmitting such images together with sound over a wire or through space by apparatus that converts light and sound into electrical waves and reconverts them into visible light rays and audible sound. (From Webster, 3rd ed)

Descriptor UI: D013690

Alternative terms: Television; Televisions;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; standards; supply & distribution; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics; instrumentation;

Tree Number: J01.897.280.500.898; L01.178.590.875; L01.178.820.090.898; L01.178.847.823;

Technical Notes: for color TV do not coord with COLOR unless specifically emphasized & then NIM only