I guess that australian researchers have not surprised anybody found that young teens who spend more than two hours in front of the TV or computer each day showed less endurance during a standard running test than their peers.
The findings do not prove that TV and computer time is leading to out- of-shape kids, the researchers note in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. However, the study does lend support to advice from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) that parents limit their kids’ screen time to a maximum of two hours per day.
That advice has been based on “prudence,” rather than direct measures of kids’ fitness levels, Dr. Louise L. Hardy, the lead researcher on the new study, told Reuters Health.
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