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Associations Between Screen-Based Sedentary Behavior And Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors In Korean Youth, Wonwoo Byun, Marsha Dowda, Russell R. Pate
Associations Between Screen-Based Sedentary Behavior And Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors In Korean Youth, Wonwoo Byun, Marsha Dowda, Russell R. Pate
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The purposes of this study were to: 1) describe the patterns of screen-based sedentary behaviors, and 2) examine the association between screen-based sedentary behavior and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors in representative Korean children and adolescents, aged 12 to 18 yr, in the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Screen-based sedentary behavior was measured using self-report questionnaires that included items for time spent watching TV and playing PC/video games. Physical activity was measured using items for frequency and duration of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA). CVD risk factors such as body mass index (BMI), waist circumference, LDL cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, …