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Screen time and sweet consumption in preschool children: a cross-sectional study.

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Revista brasileira de enfermagem · 4w

Cross-sectionalRevista brasileira de enfermagem· 2026

Screen time and sweet consumption in preschool children: a cross-sectional study.

Soraya Alves Marreiro, Isabela Araújo Linhares Castro, Samir Gabriel Vasconcelos Azevedo … Fabiane do Amaral Gubert

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Child Development & BehaviourCross-sectionalQ3IF 1.3

Limiting children's candy intake was linked to lower odds of excessive smartphone screen time.

Screen time and sweet consumption in preschool children: a cross-sectional study.

Soraya Alves Marreiro … Fabiane do Amaral Gubert

Revista brasileira de enfermagem · 2026 · Q3 in General Medicine

Purpose

To analyze television and smartphone screen time and sweet consumption among preschool children in a capital city in northeastern Brazil.

Methods

A cross-sectional study was conducted with 175 caregivers of children aged 1 to 5 years enrolled in six Early Childhood Education Centers.

Results

Preschoolers with limits on candy had lower odds of exceeding two daily hours of smartphone use.

OR 2.26 (95% CI 1.09 to 4.67)

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1.09

4.67

CI excludes the null - significant

More results

excessive smartphone use (>two hours/day) was significantly more frequent in children aged 3 to 4 years (Odds Ratio=2.26; 95% Confidence Interval: 1.09-4.67; p=0.02), of mixed race/color (p<0.01), and not enrolled in full-time education (p<0.01).

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Conclusion

preschool children who exceed two hours of screen time per day showed higher intake of sweets.

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