Children and television;
My wife and i do not have children and we do not plan on having any in the future, but you cannot deny the fact that children are a crucial part of all of our worlds and they will someday grow and be the leaders of our country. I have been an uncle since i was fifteen and i currently have seven wonderful nieces and nephews.
A lot of attention has been given to the topic of children and obesity as of late in the news and on the internet, as well as the causes of this trend. Diet, of course, is one very important aspect as is the lack of activity. Which brings me to this weeks entry topic.
According to the american academy of pediatrics(AAP), kids in the united states watch about 4 hours a day of television, even though the AAP guidelines recommend that children older than 2 should watch no more than 1 to 2 hours a day of quality programming. Although television does have some advantages for children, the bad outweighs the good, in my opinion.
Research has shown that children who consistently spend more than four hours per day watching television are more likely to be overweight.
It is even obvious to me just looking around my neighborhood that children are not out playing as they once were when i was young. The internet was not around and television was not equipped with twenty four hours a day of cartoon channels as they are now a days.
I know in this crazy world that we live in i barely have enough time in the day to get done what i need to get done, much less if i had children, but that doesn't excuse parents from being able to instill good habits of eating as well as activity oriented time after school activities. Please keep in mind that whatever you do today will effect you children's lives for a very long time to come, so the positive habits that you practice with them now will help them grow to be healthy well adjusted adults. The internet is full of amazing tips to help with your quest to be healthy as well as to help your children become healthy as well. The fore mentioned AAP article can be found in its entirety by logging on to kidshealth.org.
Just don't forget the fact that whatever you do with your children today will impact not only their lives but the lives of those generations to come!
A lot of attention has been given to the topic of children and obesity as of late in the news and on the internet, as well as the causes of this trend. Diet, of course, is one very important aspect as is the lack of activity. Which brings me to this weeks entry topic.
According to the american academy of pediatrics(AAP), kids in the united states watch about 4 hours a day of television, even though the AAP guidelines recommend that children older than 2 should watch no more than 1 to 2 hours a day of quality programming. Although television does have some advantages for children, the bad outweighs the good, in my opinion.
Research has shown that children who consistently spend more than four hours per day watching television are more likely to be overweight.
It is even obvious to me just looking around my neighborhood that children are not out playing as they once were when i was young. The internet was not around and television was not equipped with twenty four hours a day of cartoon channels as they are now a days.
I know in this crazy world that we live in i barely have enough time in the day to get done what i need to get done, much less if i had children, but that doesn't excuse parents from being able to instill good habits of eating as well as activity oriented time after school activities. Please keep in mind that whatever you do today will effect you children's lives for a very long time to come, so the positive habits that you practice with them now will help them grow to be healthy well adjusted adults. The internet is full of amazing tips to help with your quest to be healthy as well as to help your children become healthy as well. The fore mentioned AAP article can be found in its entirety by logging on to kidshealth.org.
Just don't forget the fact that whatever you do with your children today will impact not only their lives but the lives of those generations to come!
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