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Reducing Children TV Time to 90 Minutes Daily May Prevent Obesity

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A new Study Reveals that Cut Down Your Children TV Time to 90 Minutes Daily May Prevent Risk of Obesity, According to the study, published in Journal Acta Paediatrica, Reducing the television time may reduce the risk of obesity in later years. The study found there was a strong link between obesity and prolonged exposure in younger years to TVs, computers and smart phones and gadgets. In Short of their study, they are warning parents to take action by decreasing their children’s tv time to 90 minutes a day and shouldn’t extend more than an hour of television a day. Parents should Pay an Important Role in Childs health, Spending long time in social media and watching TV Makes Child to face obesity. The researchers noted, large number of childrens who are in age between eight-nine year olds are watching about seven hours of TV daily and spending much time in other social media activities disrupting their sleep, which is further putting them at higher risk of ...

Obesity among all US adults reaches all-time high

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The United States will not be escaping the obesity epidemic crisis anytime soon: Nearly 40% of adults and 19% of youth are obese, the highest rate the country has ever seen in all adults, according to research released Friday by the National Center for Health Statistics. Since 1999, there has been a staggering rise in the prevalence of obesity, particularly in adults, without any "signs of it slowing down," according to the study's lead researcher, Dr. Craig Hales, medical epidemiologist at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Youth obesity rates seem to be more stable in recent years. However, it is "too early to tell" what direction youth obesity prevalence will take. At least four more years of data are required to truly understand the direction, Hales said. What is "very striking" about this information is that there has been a 30% increase in adult obesity and 33% increase in youth obesity from 1999-2000 data to 201...