Tiempo frente a pantalla y consumo de dulces en niños preescolares: un estudio transversal

Marreiro, Soraya Alves; Castro, Isabela Araújo Linhares; Azevedo, Samir Gabriel Vasconcelos; Albuquerque, Thais Rodrigues de; Rojas, Yenny Constanza Torres; Carneiro, Thaís Aquino; Martins, Mariana Cavalcante; Gubert, Fabiane do Amaral

doi:10.1590/0034-7167-2025-0461

person Soraya Alves Marreiro

conception or design of the study/research · analysis and/or interpretation of data

schoolUniversidade Federal do Ceará. Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil

0009-0004-3194-014X

person Isabela Araújo Linhares Castro

final review with critical · intellectual participation in the manuscript · conception or design of the study/research · analysis and/or interpretation of data

schoolUniversidade Federal do Ceará. Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil

0000-0002-5462-1027

person Samir Gabriel Vasconcelos Azevedo

final review with critical · intellectual participation in the manuscript

schoolUniversidade Federal do Ceará. Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil

0000-0003-1005-5980

person Thais Rodrigues de Albuquerque

final review with critical · intellectual participation in the manuscript

schoolUniversidade Federal do Ceará. Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil

0000-0002-6374-3843

person Yenny Constanza Torres Rojas

final review with critical · intellectual participation in the manuscript

schoolUniversidade Federal do Ceará. Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil

0009-0008-3811-8588

person Thaís Aquino Carneiro

final review with critical · intellectual participation in the manuscript

schoolUniversidade Federal do Ceará. Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil

0000-0002-0546-6139

person Mariana Cavalcante Martins

final review with critical · intellectual participation in the manuscript · conception or design of the study/research · analysis and/or interpretation of data

schoolUniversidade Federal do Ceará. Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil

0009-0006-8133-0141

person Fabiane do Amaral Gubert

final review with critical · intellectual participation in the manuscript · conception or design of the study/research · analysis and/or interpretation of data

schoolUniversidade Federal do Ceará. Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil

0000-0003-3016-9619

Corresponding author: Isabela Araújo Linhares Castro, E-mail:
belaaraujo.enf@gmail.com

EDITOR IN CHIEF:

Antonio José de Almeida Filho

ASSOCIATE EDITOR:

Marcia Cubas

Variáveis (n: 175)		n	%
Children’s age in years (n=171)	1 - 2	101	59.1%
	3 - 4	70	40.9%
Sex (n=174)	Female	86	49.4%
	Male	88	50.6%
Skin color declared by parents/information about children (n=172)	White	49	28.5%
	Non-white	123	71.5%
Beneficiary of the Bolsa Família Program (n=171)	Yes	126	73.7%
	No	45	26.3%
Period the child attends daycare (n=173)	Full-time	141	81.5%
	Non-full-time	32	18.5%
Relationship of the child (n=174)	Mother	152	87.4%
	Other caregiver	22	12.6%
Mother’s education level (n=95)	> eight years of education	7	7.4%
	Up to eight years of education	88	92.6%
Socioeconomic status (n=174)	A-B	16	9.2%
Socioeconomic status (n=174)	C-D-E	158	90.9%

Screen time	Age									p
	1-2 years				3-4 years
	n	%	95%CI		n	%	95%CI		OR [95%CI]
Television during the week									-	0.57
≤ two hours	76	75.2	66.2	82.9	50	71.4	60.1	81.0
> two hours	25	24.8	17.1	33.8	20	28.6	19.0	39.9
Television on the weekend									-	0.11
≤ two hours	71	70.3	60.9	78.5	41	58.6	46.9	69.6
> two hours	30	29.7	21.5	39.1	29	41.4	30.4	53.1
*Smartphone during the week*									2.26 [1.09-4.67]	0.02*
≤ two hours	84	83.2	75.0	89.5	48	68.6	57.1	78.5
> two hours	17	16.8	10.5	25.0	22	31.4	21.5	42.9
*Smartphone on the weekend*									2.39 [1.20-4.76]	0.01*
≤ two hours	81	80.2	71.6	87.1	44	62.9	51.2	73.5
> two hours	20	19.8	12.9	28.4	26	37.1	26.5	48.8

Screen time	Daily time	Limit imposed by tutors	n	%	p value
Television (week)	≤ two hours	Yes	102	75.6	0.18
		No	26	65.0
	> two hours	Yes	33	24.4
		No	14	35.0
Smartphone (week)	≤ two hours	Yes	105	77.8	0.71
		No	30	75.0
	> two hours	Yes	30	22.2
		No	10	25.0
Television (weekend)	≤ two hours	Yes	81	65.9	0.95
		No	34	65.4
	> two hours	Yes	42	34.1
		No	18	34.6
Smartphone (weekend)	≤ two hours	Yes	93	75.6	0.25
		No	35	67.3
	> two hours	Yes	30	24.4
		No	17	32.7

Type of treat	Device	Limit imposed by tutors	>two hours of screen time (n. %)	OR	p value
Candy	TV	Yes	42 (36.8%)	1.63	0.445
		No	5 (26.3%)	Ref.	-
	Smartphone	Yes	28 (27.7%)	0.32	0.023^*
		No	12 (54.5%)	Ref.	-
Soft drinks	TV	Yes	32 (34.8%)	0.71	0.417
		No	15 (42.9%)	Ref.	-
	Smartphone	Yes	28 (29.2%)	0.48	0.156
		No	12 (46.2%)	Ref.	-
Snacks	TV	Yes	38 (37.6%)	1.21	0.823
		No	9 (33.3%)	Ref.	-
	Smartphone	Yes	30 (31.3%)	0.64	0.343
		No	10 (41.7%)	Ref.	-

[TFN1] ^*
Chi-square test; OR - Odds Ratio.