title: Screen time associated with health behaviors and outcomes in adolescents.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the associations of screen time (Internet / video games / television) with health-related behaviors and outcomes in adolescents.
  
  
  METHODS
  Regression analyses were performed to assess the associations of screen time with several health-related behaviors and outcomes in 2425 Dutch adolescents.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Screen time was associated with bullying, being bullied, less physical activity, skipping school, alcohol use and unhealthy eating habits. Compulsive and excessive screen times were associated respectively with several psychosocial problems and being overweight.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Screen time was of significant importance to adolescent health. Behavioral interrelatedness caused significant confounding in the studied relations when behaviors were analyzed separately compared to a multi-behavioral approach, which speaks for more multi-behavioral analyses in future studies.
authors.affiliation: Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands. v.busch@umcutrecht.nl
authors.forename: Vincent
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Busch
authors.forename: Lieke Ananda
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Manders
authors.forename: Johannes Rob Josephus
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: de Leeuw
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000523:psychology; D058445:Bullying / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D015444:Exercise / Q000523:psychology; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D008297:Male; D057185:Sedentary Behavior; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013690:Television; D018910:Video Games / Q000523:psychology*