TY - JOUR T1 - A school based intervention to reduce television use decreased adiposity in children in grades 3 and 4 JF - Evidence Based Nursing JO - Evid Based Nurs SP - 43 LP - 43 DO - 10.1136/ebn.3.2.43 VL - 3 IS - 2 A2 - , Y1 - 2000/04/01 UR - http://ebn.bmj.com/content/3/2/43.abstract N2 - Robinson TN.Reducing children's television viewing to prevent obesity. A randomized controlled trial.JAMA1999 Oct 27;282:1561–7OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedWeb of Science QUESTION: Can a school based intervention aimed at reducing television and videotape viewing and use of video games decrease adiposity in children in grades 3 and 4 (approximate age 9 y)? 7 month, randomised (allocation concealed*), blinded (outcome assessors and statisticians*), controlled trial.2 public elementary schools in a single school district in San Jose, California, USA.198 of 227 eligible children in grades 3 and 4 had parental consent to participate. 192 children (97%) (mean age 9 y) completed both the baseline and post-intervention assessments.The 2 schools were matched on sociodemographic and scholastic variables. One school (106 eligible children) was allocated to implement an intervention to reduce television … ER -