Habitual active transport moderates the association of tv viewing time with body mass index Sugiyama, Takemi, Merom, Dafna, Reeves, Marina, Leslie, Eva and Owen, Neville 2010, Habitual active transport moderates the association of tv viewing time with body mass index, Journal of physical activity & health, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 11-16. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Habitual active transport moderates the association of tv viewing time with body mass index Author(s) Sugiyama, Takemi Merom, Dafna Reeves, Marina Leslie, Eva Owen, Neville Journal name Journal of physical activity & health Volume number 7 Issue number 1 Start page 11 End page 16 Publisher Human Kinetics Place of publication Champaign, Ill. Publication date 2010-01 ISSN 1543-3080 1543-5474 Keyword(s) walking bicycling commuting sedentary behavior obesity Summary Background: Television viewing time is associated with obesity risk independent of leisure-time physical activity (LTPA). However, it is unknown whether the relationship of TV viewing time with body mass index (BMI) is moderated by other domains of physical activity. Methods: A mail survey collected height;weight; TV viewing time; physical activity for transportation (habitual transport behavior; past week walking and bicycling), for recreation (LTPA), and in workplace; and sociodemographic variables in Adelaide, Australia. General linear models examined whether physical activity domains moderate the association between BMI and TV viewing time. Results: Analysis of the sample (N = 1408) found that TV time, habitual transport, and LTPA were independently associated with participant’s BMI. The interaction between TV time and habitual transport with BMI was significant, while that between TV time and LTPA was not. Subgroup analyses found that adjusted mean BMI was significantly higher for the high TV viewing category, compared with the low category, among participants who were inactive and occasionally active in transport, but not among those who were regularly active. Conclusions: Habitual active transport appeared to moderate the relationship between TV viewing time and BMI. Obesity risk associated with prolonged TV viewing may be mitigated by regular active transport. Language eng Field of Research 111712 Health Promotion Socio Economic Objective 920401 Behaviour and Health HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2010, Human Kinetics, Inc. Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30029336 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Psychology Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Fri, 25 Jun 2010, 11:20:07 EST Fri, 25 Jun 2010, 14:11:23 EST Fri, 25 Jun 2010, 14:14:54 EST Fri, 25 Jun 2010, 14:18:30 EST Fri, 25 Jun 2010, 14:20:35 EST Mon, 16 Jun 2014, 16:05:22 EST Fri, 22 Aug 2014, 14:09:46 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 28 times in TR Web of Science Cited 29 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 1383 Abstract Views, 0 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Fri, 25 Jun 2010, 11:20:04 EST by Jane Moschetti