berli, robin sempach, chantal herter-aeberli, isabelle
Background/Objective: Even though global childhood obesity rates keep increasing, stabilization has been shown over the past decade in several countries, including Switzerland. We aimed to investigate the trends in childhood overweight and obesity over the past 21 years in Switzerland and to identify the associated risk factors. Methods: Using clus...
Suing, Abel
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Frontiers in Communication
Disinformation generates political polarization and affects the quality of democracy, so understanding attitudes towards the regulation of disinformation will help society and its leaders to develop effective and inclusive approaches to combat this phenomenon. The purpose of the research is to determine the perceptions and propensities of Andean Co...
suing, abel suárez-villegas, juan-carlos
The phenomenon of disinformation raises serious questions for society, affecting public trust and democratic stability. In this context, an attempt is made to configure a profile of the practices of identification and fight against disinformation, assess the incidence of social networks, and identify citizens’ perceptions of media literacy in Ecuad...
diushekeeva, ajar hidalgo, santiago zadra, antonio
A body of experimental research has aimed to investigate processes underlying dream formation by examining the effects of a range of pre-sleep stimuli and events on subsequent dream content. Given its ever-growing presence and salience in people’s everyday lives, pre-sleep media consumption stands out as a key variable that could influence people’s...
Risel, Elina
The aim of this study is to examine the Swedish population's attitudes about the causes behind violence in society, and how these attitudes influence their position on criminal policy proposals. By analyzing underlying dimensions of attitudes towards the causes of violence and how political ideology, political interest, media consumption and social...
Malmlöf, Jennifer Tjärnberg, Algot
Sweden has been commended for incorporating sustainable practices in society. Personal responsibility is an important part to reduce climate emissions. Although, little is known about what factors impact how citizens experience their personal responsibility to reduce climate change. Previous studies have not explicitly focused on personal responsib...
Calderón Martínez, Estefania Elena Santos López, Aristeo
The present study explores explores the phenomenon of child sexualisation, analysing how media consumption of entertainment content within families intervenes in this process. The objective is to understand how the content of this consumption influences the sexualisation of children in the municipality of Toluca, Mexico. For this purpose, qualitati...
Osorio Garcia, Juan Carlos Pérez Pertuz, Johemir
A study conducted at the Darío Torregrosa Pérez Educational Institution in Ciénaga, Magdalena, revealed a concerning gap in students' critical digital literacy. Despite their constant interaction with social media platforms such as Facebook, TikTok, and YouTube, young people demonstrated difficulties in discerning between truthful and false informa...
Ruedl, Gerhard Cocca, Armando Wirnitzer, Katharina C. Tanous, Derrick Drenowatz, Clemens Niedermeier, Martin
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AIMS Public Health
The health status (HS) of children is influenced by a variety of factors, including physical fitness (PF) or social and environmental characteristics. We present a 4-year longitudinal study carried out with 263 primary school children. PF was assessed yearly using the German Motor Performance Test 6–18. Demographic data, leisure time behavior and s...
antunes, eduardo amaral, inês simões, rita basílio m. flores, ana marta
Better theories and practices are constructed through a deep understanding of the subjects involved. In Portugal, young adults aged 18 to 30 are a group sometimes left out because the Portuguese official statistical data does not treat this as an age category by itself, dividing it either into young people or the general idea of adults. Through a s...
