title: Electronic media and beverage intake among United States high school students--2010.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe electronic media exposure and its associations with beverage intake among United States high school students.
  
  
  METHODS
  School-based survey data from a nationally representative sample of 9th- through 12th-grade students from the National Youth Physical Activity and Nutrition Study were analyzed using chi-square and multivariate logistic analyses.
  
  
  RESULTS
  On an average school day, 23.5% of students used a computer or played video/computer games ≥ 3 h/d, 28.3% watched television (TV) ≥ 3 h/d, 79.9% had ≥ 3 TVs in the home, 70.2% had a TV in their bedroom, and 41.0% most of the time or always had a TV on while eating dinner at home. Students with high media exposure were more likely to drink sugar-sweetened beverages ≥ 3 times per day and less likely to drink water ≥ 3 times per day and drink ≥ 2 glasses of milk per day.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Efforts to reduce sugar-sweetened beverage intake among adolescents may include limiting exposure to electronic media.
authors.affiliation: Epidemic Intelligence Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA; Division of Adolescent and School Health, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA. Electronic address: izj5@cdc.gov.
authors.forename: Zewditu
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Demissie
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lowry
authors.forename: Danice K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Eaton
authors.forename: Sohyun
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kann
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D001628:Beverages / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D006801:Humans; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D057185:Sedentary Behavior; D013334:Students / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013690:Television / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States; D018910:Video Games / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
keywords: adolescent; beverages; mass media