30.04 02:36 MIGnews.com American specialists as a result of the study found that just an hour spent in front of TV a child, it can cause obesity.
According to scientists, the risk of obesity in children, who often watched television, did not depend on race, family income and other factors.
The doctors analyzed data on more than 11,000 children who were brought up in the kindergartens. Children participating in the experiment, experts measured the height and weight, and recorded how many hours a day each child watches television. A year later, the pupils of the kindergarten again measured the height and weight, and their parents again answered questions about the amount of time their children spend in front of TV.
It was found that children who watched television an hour or more each day had a 39% higher probability to suffer from excess weight. In addition, experts predict that these children between kindergarten and primary school had a 86% chance of developing obesity.
Doctors strongly recommend that parents limit the daily time watching TV children.
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