Figure - PMC

Skip to main content

An official website of the United States government

Here's how you know

Here's how you know

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

View full-text article in PMC

. 2018 Nov 21;15:E141. doi: 10.5888/pcd15.180206

Search in PMC
Search in PubMed
View in NLM Catalog
Add to search

This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.

PMC Copyright notice

Direct paths from hours of media use include sleep hours (β = −0.02, P = .14), timing of last food intake (β = 0.06, P < .001), and unhealthy eating behaviors (β = 0.26, P = <.001). The paths from sleep hours include timing of last food intake (β = −0.22, P = .001), unhealthy eating behaviors (β = −0.06, P = .75), and BMI (β = −2.47, P = <.001). The paths from timing of last food intake include unhealthy eating behaviors (β = −0.66, P = .001) and BMI (β = −2.04, P = .002). Lastly, the path from unhealthy eating behaviors includes BMI (β = −0.36, P = .004). — Mediation model examining the association between hours of media use with body mass index (BMI) percentile among adolescent girls (8th and 11th grade students) in Texas, 2015–2016. Data are from the 2015–2016 School Physical Activity and Nutrition Survey (32).