Interventions that reduced sedentary time by using TV limiting devices were shown to be effective for children but the results were limited for adults .
Overall , large exercise equipment ( ie .
treadmills ) , and prominent exergaming material s ( exergaming bike , dance mats ) were found to be more effective than smaller devices .
Observational studies revealed that location and quantity of televisions correlated with SD behavior with the latter having a greater effect on girls .
This was similarly found for the quantity of PA equipment which also correlated with behavior in females .
Review s of neighborhood ( macro ) environment characteristics such as the presence of sidewalks and esthetics have shown significant correlations with  resident physical activity ( PA ) and sedentary ( SD ) behavior .
Currently , no comprehensive review has appraised and collected available evidence on the home ( micro ) physical environment .
The purpose of this review was to examine how the home physical environment relates to adult and child PA and SD behaviors .
Longitudinal examination of the family food environment and weight status among children.
OBJECTIVE To examine whether aspects of the family food environment were associated with  body mass index ( BMI ) z-score and weight status in children , cross-sectionally and prospect ively over 3 years . METHODS Four aspects of the family food environment ( breakfast eating patterns , food consumption while watching television , parental provision of energy-dense foods and child consumption of energy-dense food at home and away from home ) were assessed with a question naire completed by parents of 161 children aged 5 - 6 years and 132 children aged 10 - 12 years in Melbourne , Australia in 2002/03 . In 2002/03 and 2006 , children 's BMI z-score and weight status ( non-overweight or overweight ) was calculated from measured height and weight . RESULTS At baseline , 19 % of younger and 21 % of older children were overweight . Three years later , a greater proportion of younger ( now aged 8 - 9 years ) compared with older ( aged 13 - 15 years ) children were classified as overweight ( 28 % versus 18 % ) . Few of the family food environment variables were associated with children 's BMI z-score and weight status cross-sectionally and longitudinally . However , among older children , more frequent dinner consumption while watching television was associated with a higher BMI z-score longitudinally ( B=0.3 , 95 % CI=0.0 , 0.6 ) , less frequent breakfast consumption was associated with higher odds of overweight longitudinally ( OR=2.2 , 95 % CI=1.1 - 4.7 ) , and more frequent fast food consumption at home was associated with higher odds of overweight cross-sectionally ( OR=3.1 , 95 % CI=1.4 - 7.0 ) . CONCLUSIONS This study found few significant associations between aspects of the family food environment  and BMI z-score or weight status  in a sample of Australian children
Interventions that reduced sedentary time by using TV limiting devices were shown to be effective for children but the results were limited for adults .
Overall , large exercise equipment ( ie .
treadmills ) , and prominent exergaming material s ( exergaming bike , dance mats ) were found to be more effective than smaller devices .
Observational studies revealed that location and quantity of televisions correlated with SD behavior with the latter having a greater effect on girls .
This was similarly found for the quantity of PA equipment which also correlated with behavior in females .
Review s of neighborhood ( macro ) environment characteristics such as the presence of sidewalks and esthetics have shown significant correlations with  resident physical activity ( PA ) and sedentary ( SD ) behavior .
Currently , no comprehensive review has appraised and collected available evidence on the home ( micro ) physical environment .
The purpose of this review was to examine how the home physical environment relates to adult and child PA and SD behaviors .