TV turns children in hypertensive patients – for each other

 

HERE, WHY BE AFRAID

Children are capable of several hours a day to spend watching television or computers. They like to watch cartoons or play console. This can be deadly. Two hours of TV per day at 30% increased risk of hypertension in children. And this is a direct path to cardiovascular disease.

Watch TV – not the best interests of children. This is not just a waste of time. TV can turn your child into the hypertensive, scientists have found. This dependence on pills and long-term treatment.

Scientists from the University of Zaragoza and the University of Sao Paulo have found a relationship between the number of hours children spend watching television, and blood pressure. Children who spend watching TV more than 2 hours per day, 30% more likely to hypertension. And if they do not participate in sports or physical exercise are paying less than an hour a day, the likelihood of high blood pressure increases by 50%.

In their work, scientists relied on data from a study in which over 2 years studying life 5221 children from different European countries, including Spain, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Cyprus, Estonia, Sweden and Belgium. At the beginning of the study the children were between the ages of 2 to 10 years.

The work of scientists was published in the journal International Journal of Cardiology. According to their findings cumulative incidence of hypertension in children of this age for 2 years of analysis was high: 110 from 1000. High blood pressure, which was observed in children can lead to serious consequences in adulthood, including the cause of cardiovascular disease and increase the threat of coronary heart disease.

According to the scientists in children who spend watching TV, computer or game console for more than 2 hours per day, a 30% increased risk of high blood pressure.

These figures are quite serious, given that the majority of children in both early and in a more adult, spend much time watching movies or playing computer games. In addition, high blood pressure in childhood can lead to hypertension in adulthood.

In order to prevent such consequences, the researchers advise young people to be given to exercise more than 1 hour per day, and the passion that they do sitting – not more than 2 hours. According to studies of physical activity affects vasodilation, thereby increasing the level of enrichment of oxygen to the heart and blood pressure is reduced at the same time.

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