Scientists: TV in the bedroom leads children to obesity

Based on a large-scale study, British scientists from University College London said: TV in the bedroom leads children to obesity.. Girls were more susceptible to this than boys.. It is reported by VistaNews.

In the UK, scientists conducted a large-scale study in which more than 12 thousand boys and girls took part.. According to the experiment, by the age of seven, half of them had a TV in their room.. Parents had to record the time their child spends watching TV, according to Pannochka, an online publication for girls and women aged 14 to 35.. net When the children were 11 years old, scientists analyzed the data and found that the presence of a TV in the child's bedroom increased the risk of developing obesity. In particular, among boys who had TV, a tendency to be overweight was observed by 20% more than among their “non-TV” peers..

As for girls, the percentage turned out to be higher, at the level of 30 points.. According to scientists, this is due to physical activity at this age, when it is noticeably higher in boys..

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