Title: TV will not turn your children into couch potatoes, say researchers
Interesting Facts:
- Television doesn't affect "fit" activity.
- Those who watch television more than average are just as active as other teens.
- Teens that watch TV, obviously, still have time for being active as well.
- Computer Games doesn't affect "fit" activity, either.
- Researchers got students to keep track of what they were doing every 15 minutes and were told to write it down.
- from 3 to 6:30 pm, are the most common times for activities other than TV and computer games.
- The most shocking fact is that on average, a student spends 40 minutes a day in motorized transport.
- They found that boys usually have 25 minutes of activity per day, but girls only do 16.
- Does access to TV affect amount of activity per day?
- Does having a strict schedule reduce time watching TV?
- What, in TV, makes watching it so much more fun than doing another activity, for most people?
This post has a lot of good information in it. It made me realize that teens and children these days do not get much physical activity. I was very surprised that students spend that much time in motorized transport. I believe the fact, but I never really realized how much time I and other students as well spend in a car each day. This is a lot of time where we are not being active, yet not watching TV, using the computer, or playing videogames. Very interesting.
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