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No More Than 2 Hours of Daily: Video or Computer Game Playing and Internet Use, by Race/Ethnicity, New Jersey, 2009 to 2019
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Why Is This Important?
Research has shown that engaging in physical activity is important in maintaining a healthy lifestyle. The epidemic of childhood overweight and obesity can be partly attributed to the over-consumption of media by children.1
Definition
The percentage of students who did not watch television, play video or computer games, or use a computer (except for school work) for 3 or more hours per day on an average school day
Data Notes
This is Healthy New Jersey 2020 Objective NF-4b.Data for Whites, Blacks, and Asians do not include Hispanics. Hispanic ethnicity includes persons of any race.
Survey is conducted in odd-numbered years only.
Data Source
New Jersey Student Health Survey, Office of Student Support Services, Division of Student Services and Career Readiness, New Jersey Department of Education(http://www.nj.gov/education/students/yrbs/)
How the Measure is Calculated
Numerator:
The number of students who did not watch television, play video or computer games, or use a computer (except for school work) for 3 or more hours per day on an average school dayDenominator:
The total number of survey respondents
Data Issues
In 2015 and 2017, the New Jersey Student Health Survey was unable to obtain the number of student responses needed to reach the 60% response rate required by the CDC to be able to weight the data to be representative of the New Jersey high school student population.Related Health Objectives and Indicators
Health Initiative: HP2020
Healthy People 2020 Objective PA-8.2.3
U.S. Target: Increase the proportion of adolescents in grades 9 through 12 who view television, videos, or play video games for no more than 2 hours a day to 73.9 percent by 2020.0
https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives/topic/physical-activityHealthy People 2020 Objective PA-8.3.3
U.S. Target: Increase the proportion of adolescents in grades 9 through 12 who use a computer or play computer games outside of school (for nonschool work) for no more than 2 hours a day to 82.6 percent by 2020.0
https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives/topic/physical-activity
Health Initiative: HNJ2020
Healthy NJ 2020 Objective NF-4a
NJ Target: Increase the proportion of high school students (grades 9-12) who watch TV for no more than 2 hours a day to 74.3 percent for the total population, 85.8% for Asians, 49.8% for Blacks, 65.7% for Hispanics, and 78.7 for Whites by 2020.0
https://www.nj.gov/health/chs/hnj2020/topics/nutrition-physical-activity.shtmlHealthy NJ 2020 Objective NF-4b
NJ Target: Increase the proportion of high school students (grades 9-12) who play video or computer games or use a computer for non-school work for no more than 2 hours a day to 66.4 percent for the total population, 68.2% for Asians, 60.6% for Blacks, 65.7% for Hispanics, and 67.9% for Whites by 2020.0
https://www.nj.gov/health/chs/hnj2020/topics/nutrition-physical-activity.shtml