Should Children Watch Less Television?

It certainly seems that professionals within the medical field believe that children should be encouraged to watch less television, especially if they are overweight. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has issued guidelines for health workers to tackle children's sedentary lifestyles through their parents. Clearly, it is parents' repsonsibility to ensure their children are doing enough exercise, but often children spend too much time watching television and not enough time outdoors keeping active, which makes it harder for them to maintain a healthy weight.

Doctors and other medical professionals can only do so much, no matter how supportive they are. They can suggest that children keep track of how much exercise they're doing and encourage parents to walk with their children to school, instead of driving them, but ultimately, it is up to the indviduals concerned to recognise what the problem is and to tackle it.


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2473093/Overweight-children-watch-TV-Health-watchdog-urges-parents-cut-screen-time.html