Study: Limiting Screen Time Lowers Risk Of Childhood Obesity
Friday, 25 May 2007
The National Institute on Media and the Family announced today that its community and family-focused pilot program showed that a substantial number of kids turned off their televisions, engaged in more physical activity and ate more fruits and vegetables. Switch(TM) -- active lifestyles from MediaWise(R) is the first childhood obesity prevention project to incorporate the amount of screen time component as a factor for the overall health of children. [click link for full article]
Read more: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=72087&nfid=crss.