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by Lou Hardless
A recent study undertaken by Growing Up in Scotland has shown that 63 per cent of Scottish children under the age of two watched television every day. The study also revealed that 23 per cent of youngsters under the age of four are already overweight, which places Scotland second only to the United States in the worldwide obesity league.
It seems watching television has become a way of life for many young people across the globe. Research in America by the Kaiser Foundation has shown on average children and adolescents spend 22 to 28 hours per week viewing television, more than any other activity except sleeping. By the age of 70 they will have spent 7 to 10 years of their lives watching TV.
So why should we make those terrible teens turn off the box? Well, a recent study published in the journal Archives of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine shows that restricting hours used to TV viewing hours made for healthier and slimmer kids. The study found that children and young people with restricted viewing of the television ate on average 300 calories less per day than their telly obsessed counterparts. Surely the best excuse parents have had to reclaim the remote in years?
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