Cross-sectional and prospective mediating effects of dietary intake on the relationship between sedentary behaviour and body mass index in adolescents

• Main Authors: Elly A. Fletcher (Author), Karen E. Lamb (Author), Sarah A. McNaughton (Author), Sarah P. Garnett (Author), David W. Dunstan (Author), Louise A. Baur (Author), Jo Salmon (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Cross-sectional evidence suggests TV viewing, but not objectively-measured sedentary time or bouts of sedentary time, is consistently associated with body mass index (BMI) in adolescents. However, it is unclear whether dietary intake is a potential mediator of these relationships...