title: The association between television viewing and childhood obesity: a national survey in Thailand.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the relationship between television viewing and obesity among Thai children.
  
  
  METHODS
  A one-stage cross-sectional national survey.
  
  
  METHODS
  National communities in Thailand.
  
  
  METHODS
  Four thousand one hundred and ninety-seven children aged 6 to 12 years old.
  
  
  RESULTS
  By using the new national growth reference as a normative data, 262 (6.2%) children in this survey were obese. According to the caregivers, 62 per cent of children watched television I to 3 hours per day. Children who spent more than 3 hours per day watching television were more likely to be obese than the children who watched television less with the odd ratio of 1.8 (95% confidence interval = 1.2-2.8).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  With a one-stage design for determining the association between television viewing and childhood obesity, Thai school age children who watched television more than 3 hours per day were more likely to be obese with statistical significance.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, 10400, Thailand.
authors.forename: Nichara
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ruangdaraganon
authors.forename: Nittaya
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kotchabhakdi
authors.forename: Umaporn
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Udomsubpayakul
authors.forename: Chaiyos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kunanusont
authors.forename: Paibul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Suriyawongpaisal
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013690:Television / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013785:Thailand / Q000453:epidemiology; D013997:Time Factors