A person’s fitness and risk of obesity could be directly linked with his TV viewing habit as a child, a new study by Canadian researchers reveals.
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The researchers said that every hour that kids spend in front of TV in a week negatively affects their long jump performance by the time they turn 8 years old while every extra hour in front of TV when they are 2-4 years of age increases their waist circumference by half a millimeter.
“The bottom line is that watching too much television - beyond recommended amounts - is not good. These findings support clinical suspicions that more screen time in general contributes to the rise in excess weight in our population”, lead researcher Dr Linda Pagani said.
Source-Medindia