http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Health disparities between white and black adults in the South are not connected to a lack of exercise but more likely related to other factors such as access to health care, socioeconomic status and perhaps genetics, according to a Vanderbilt study published in the journal PLOS ONE. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-lack-factor-health-disparities.html Health Thu, 18 Apr 2013 14:20:01 EST news285512957 (HealthDay)—It's not how much time teens spend watching TV but how intensely they watch that adds on the pounds, new research suggests. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-teens-focus-tv-obesity.html Overweight and Obesity Mon, 08 Apr 2013 09:50:01 EST news284631717 (Medical Xpress)—People are quick to point the finger or dismiss the effect of violent video games as a factor in criminal behavior. New evidence from Iowa State researchers demonstrates a link between video games and youth violence and delinquency. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-violent-video-games-factor-criminal.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 27 Mar 2013 09:50:01 EST news283595240 (Medical Xpress)—Children could be better off playing video games this holiday season than watching television, a QUT study shows. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-video-games-benefit-children.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 16 Jan 2013 09:16:31 EST news277550185 Video games have been blamed for contributing to the epidemic of childhood obesity in the United States. But a new study by researchers at the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services (SPHHS) suggests that certain blood-pumping video games can actually boost energy expenditures among inner city children, a group that is at high risk for unhealthy weight gain. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-e-games-boost-physical-children-weapon.html Health Wed, 09 Jan 2013 10:29:12 EST news276949745 A new poll finds that Americans blame too much cheap fast food for fueling the nation's fat epidemic, but they're split on how much the government should do to save them from themselves. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-poll-obesity-crisis-junk-food.html Overweight and Obesity Fri, 04 Jan 2013 04:58:08 EST news276497871 The company a teen keeps can influence how much time they spend either in front of a screen or participating in healthy physical activity, finds a new study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-teen-physical-screen-friends.html Health Fri, 14 Dec 2012 09:42:08 EST news274700523 (HealthDay)—A brief primary care intervention for preschool-aged children and their parents reduces the number of meals eaten in front of the television but does not reduce overall screen time or body mass index (BMI), according to research published online Nov. 5 in Pediatrics. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-meals-eaten-front-television-intervention.html Pediatrics Mon, 05 Nov 2012 18:00:01 EST news271358579 The time most of us spend looking at a screen has rapidly increased over the past decade. If we're not at work on the computer, we're likely to stay tuned into the online sphere via a smart phone or tablet. Shelves of books are being replaced by a single e-book reader; and television shows and movies are available anywhere, any time. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-medical-myth-screen-eyes.html Health Fri, 19 Oct 2012 08:00:30 EST news269852408 Curbs on children's daily screen time and delaying the age at which they start "the world's favorite pastime" are urgently needed to stave off the risk of serious health and developmental problems, argues a leading psychologist and child health expert in the Archives of Disease in Childhood. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-curb-kids-screen-stave-major.html Health Tue, 09 Oct 2012 11:06:56 EST news268999609 Cutting screen time and not rewarding children's good behaviour with sweets are among the steps parents could take to reduce overweight and obesity in children before they start school, according to research by the University of Sydney. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-obesity-dont-sweets-reward-children.html Overweight and Obesity Tue, 02 Oct 2012 08:26:56 EST news268385194 (HealthDay) -- Teens who engaged in more moderate-to-vigorous outdoor activity reported better health and social functioning than their peers who spent hours in front of television and computer screens, a new study in Australia has found. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-outdoor-teens-happier.html Pediatrics Fri, 22 Jun 2012 10:10:01 EST news259577462 (Medical Xpress) -- Approximately 20 percent of adolescents in the U.S. today are obese or overweight. With the number of obese and overweight younger children close behind, this epidemic has lasting implications for the future. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-child-obesity-expert-epidemic-isnt.html Health Wed, 11 Apr 2012 08:08:48 EST news253350506 In response to an urgent call from public health, health care, child care, and fitness practitioners, the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology (CSEP), with assistance from multiple partners, has developed two important sets of guidelines directed at improving the health and activity levels of infants and toddlers. The Canadian Sedentary Behaviour Guidelines for the Early Years (aged 0-4 years) and the Canadian Physical Activity Guidelines for the Early Years (aged 0-4 years) are presented in the April 2012 issue of the journal Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism (APNM). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-health-experts-toddlers-free.html Health Tue, 27 Mar 2012 15:43:15 EST news252081785 (Medical Xpress) -- Too much screen time can be detrimental to girls 8 to 12 years old, but there is a surprisingly straightforward alternative for greater social wellness. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-multitasking-social-emotional-tweenage-girls.html Psychology & Psychiatry Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:52:39 EST news246876741 Researchers at Queen's University have found a strong association between computer and Internet use in adolescents and engagement in multiple-risk behaviours (MRB), including illicit drug use, drunkenness and unprotected sex. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-04-adolescents.html Health Mon, 25 Apr 2011 16:02:35 EST news222966114