Study: Mental Health Deteriorates With Increased Television
In many previous blogs I’ve reminded you of the dangers of television exposure to your children and teens. Now, here’s a warning for us adults: a new study has found that watching more than 4 hours of...
View ArticleScreen Time May Consume Nearly 1/3 of Day for U.S. Kids
Child experts have issued an updated policy statement on use of electronic media for entertainment by kids. This is critical because children and teens in the United States spend an average of seven...
View ArticleStudy Shows Risks for Kids Who Watch TV or Use Computers More Than 2 Hours a Day
New research is documenting some of the risks I’ve told you about in previous blogs for kids who utilize screen time (TV, computers, video games) more than 2 hours a day. Specifically, children who...
View ArticleScreen time (TV and computer) may be linked to increased heart risks
In multiple past blogs (see below) I’ve told you of the harms of too much screen time (TV, computer, video games, etc.) for your children. Many experts join me in encouraging you to limit your children...
View ArticleToo much TV increases cardiovascular risk for kids
In a number of previous blogs, I’ve warned you of the risks of too much TV for your kids. Now we have a new and far scarier risk to consider — the development of premature cardiovascular disease ....
View ArticleDaycare centers purposely flout TV guidelines
A shocking study has reported that media, such as just turning on the TV, is used far too often as a replacement for adult-child interaction. In fact, the study showed that, “More than two-thirds of...
View ArticleDeath, diabetes, and heart disease risk increase with only two hours of TV a day
In the past I’ve told you that children younger than two years of age should have NO screen time, while children over two should have less than two hours per day. Now we may have to extend this advice...
View ArticlePediatrics group urges lawmakers to ban childhood obesity “media diet”
Childhood obesity has become an epidemic in America – with 17 percent of children aged 2 to 19 obese, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A report released by the American...
View ArticleWhy does TV viewing lead to obesity in children? Turns out there are several...
Obesity experts have been saying for over a decade that children who sit in front of the TV screen day in and day out tend to be heavier. However, experts are finding it’s not only the couch potato...
View ArticleChannel surfing shortens life
Not only are hours spent in front of the television hours you’ll never get back, they may be hours actually taken off your lifespan, researchers found. According to a report in MedPage Today, every...
View ArticleTV ads for kids still heavy on unhealthy foods
Even though kids’ total exposure to television pitches for foods high in fat, sugar, and/or salt has declined substantially in recent years, such ads are still the overwhelming majority of advertising...
View ArticleTV watching as dangerous as smoking and lack of exercise
Researchers in Australia say smoking “can shorten of life expectancy by more than four years after the age of 50. That represents 11 minutes of life lost for every cigarette and that’s the same as half...
View ArticleCartoon characters prod kids to nag for unhealthy foods
If you’re a parent, you’ve no doubt heard plaintive wails from your child as you traverse the treat-filled aisles of the grocery store. And, you may have wondered, what makes even preschoolers yearn so...
View ArticleSpongeBob in hot water from study of 4-year-olds
The cartoon character SpongeBob SquarePants is in hot water from a study suggesting that watching just nine minutes of that program can cause short-term attention and learning problems in 4-year-olds....
View Article‘Screen-free’ environment best for toddlers
Babies and toddlers should learn and get their entertainment from play, NOT from TV screens, computer displays, or video games, according to a new policy statement from the American Academy of...
View ArticlePediatrician group: Children under two should NOT watch TV, videos
There’s a new warning from the nation’s pediatricians and it may surprise a good many parents who think those baby DVD’s, even educational television can benefit even their youngest kids. The...
View ArticlePediatrics group warns against secondhand TV in kids under two
In continuing coverage, USA Today reports that in the journal Pediatrics, “the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) for the first time included warnings about ‘secondhand television’ in its guidelines...
View ArticleStudy associates profanity on TV with foul-mouthed children
USA Today reported that according to a study published in the journal Pediatrics, television may be turning “children into fountains of four-letter words.”The study found an association “between...
View ArticleToo much TV, too little exercise associated with depression
Want to prevent or reduce depression? There are two things you should consider: (1) dramatically reduce your TV time, and (2) increase your physical activity.Reuters reports that according to a study...
View ArticleA Television-Free Home: Is It for You?
(From God’s Design for the Highly Healthy Child by Dr. Walt Larimore. All rights reserved) For a variety of healthy reasons, more and more families have chosen to pull the plug on television. They may...
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