Time in front of a TV screen may be even worse for kids than paediatricians thought. According to new data, excessive screen time raises children's blood pressure - even if they're not overweight. In the study of 111 girls and boys, systolic blood pressure (the maximum pressure in the ateries) was six to seven points higher in kids who watched TV three or more hours a day than in those who clocked only about ten minutes daily. That's enough to affect long-term health, says researcher Joe Eisenmann, PhD, at Michigan State University. For your kids' heart health, he says, limit daily screen time to two hours and aim for an hour of heart-pumping, off-the-couch activity.
Beth Howard
RDAsia March 2010.
regards, taniafdi ^_^
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