The Hobby Of Watching TV, Vulnerable Child Obesity

There have been many studies that show the negative effects of television viewing habits in children. The most recent mention, the duration of watching television is correlated with children's waistlines width. Children should watch no television time is limited for more than two hours per day. Children aged 3-4 years old are watching TV until 18 hours a week is more at risk of having a wider waistlines size at age 10.

Studies conducted in Canada it is done in a way to follow the habit of watching TV 1,314 children. The more time spent in front of the TV, the boy grew his weight. In addition the ability of athletics and strength of their muscles.

In addition to measure waistlines, the study also measured muscle strength of children in jump.

"Watch TV too often not only shift the opportunity to move freely, but also makes the child got misinformation about a healthy diet," said Dr. Linda Pagani, who conducted the study.


Source:
BBC