Too much TV ups kids' risk of attention problems

TOO MUCH TV UPS KIDS' RISK OF ATTENTION PROBLEMS
[SOURCE: Reuters, AUTHOR: Anne Harding]
Young children who watch more than a couple of hours of television a day are more likely to have attention problems as adolescents. "The two-hour point is very, very clear with our data, very consistent with what the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends," Carl Erik Landhuis of the Dunedin School of Medicine at the University of Otago, the study's first author, told Reuters Health. "We're not saying don't watch TV, just don't watch too much TV," he added. Study participants who had watched more than 2 hours of TV in early childhood were more likely to have attention problems as young teens, the researchers found. Those who watched more than 3 hours were at even greater risk.
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