MICHIGAN, April 5. Watching TV can do more harm to children than a video game. This conclusion was made by scientists from the University of Michigan. According to them, more TV interferes with the formation of a child’s eating habits.
According to the study it was found that children who spend in front of a more than two hours every day, prefer more junk food than their peers who are fond of video games. This affects the heart and increases the risk of heart attack in the future.
Researchers surveyed more than one thousand sixth graders from 25 different schools about their hobbies and preferences in food, as well as the measured pressure and cholesterol levels.
“It turned out that the most useful eating habits were children who spent their free time actively, rather than a game console or watching television. However, if you compare the fans of TV and video games, it turns out that the first more likely to eat harmful products and because at higher risk. explain it simply – the children who play games, joystick hands busy, so to eat, they have to break away from the game (usually it is a healthy food that they offer parents.) But there watching TV can be anything – hands busy. So that children eat everything, “- said MyJane.
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