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Begin forwarded message: > From: "Michael Chong" <poise...@streamyx.com> > Date: August 12, 2010 4:01:19 PM GMT+07:00 > To: enopi...@yahoogroups.com > Subject: Fun Learning Math @ Pandan Indah Too Many Tots Watching Too Much TV: > Study > > THURSDAY, July 15 (HealthDay News) -- A study of 2-year-olds in Oregon finds > that almost 20 percent watch more than the recommended two hours of > television a day. > > "The findings are pretty generalizable to the rest of the country," said > study co-author Dr. John Oh, an epidemic intelligence service officer with > the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, working with Oregon > Public Health. > > Experts have warned that too much time in front of the TV could hamper a > young child's mental development and raise the odds for obesity, and the new > findings are "what many pediatricians know and have feared," said Dr. Gwen > Wurm, an assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of Miami Miller > School of Medicine. She was not involved in the study. > > According to guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics, children's > TV time should be limited to no more than one or two hours a day of "quality > programming," and TV sets should be kept out of their bedrooms. > > However, Wurm said, "we know that many, many children are watching too much > television. When TV becomes a major part of a child's life, there's a > problem." > > "That goes for anything that involves screen time," including computers and > video games, she added. "Anything that involves a screen is really where the > problem is at." > > The study is published in the July 16 issue of the CDC's journal Morbidity > and Mortality Weekly Report. > > In the report, Oh and colleagues used data from the Oregon Pregnancy Risk > Assessment Monitoring Survey to determine the TV watching habits of > 2-year-olds throughout the state. > > They found that on an average day, 19.6 percent of 2-year-olds watched at > least two hours of TV. Several factors were associated with the amount of TV > these children watched. > > For example, about 36 percent of black mothers reported their child watched > at least two hours of TV a day, compared with just under 19 percent of white > mothers. Also, children who had a TV placed in their room were more likely to > watch a lot of TV (about 34 percent) than children without a TV in the room > (16.3 percent), according to the report. > > Being kept at home throughout the day mattered, too. Almost 23 percent of the > children who went on fewer than four outings a week watched at least two > hours of TV a day, compared with 14.5 percent of the children who went on > frequent outings. Moreover, children who spent time in a child care center > were less likely to watch a lot of TV (7.8 percent) than children who didn't > (about 23 percent) or children who had other types of child care (18.6 > percent), the researchers found. > > Limiting the amount of TV children watch when very young may help reduce the > amount of time they spend on media as they get older, the researchers said. > Right now, the average school-age child spends 4.5 hours watching television > each day and 7.5 hours using media overall, a recent Kaiser Family Foundation > study found. > > "Most parents, probably don't recognize that watching television in this age > group has potential harms," Oh said. "There is no scientific evidence that > shows that television and video viewing in children of this age has any > educational benefit. Instead, there have been several studies that have shown > that TV viewing at 2 years of age and younger can have negative impacts on > learning, language and attention and it's also linked to childhood obesity." > > Too much screen time can take a toll on a child's development, Wurm agreed. > > "The more kids are spoken to, the better their language development," she > said. "When children are engaged in the television, they are not being spoken > to by adults. We know that cognitive development is linked to speech > development, so children who don't learn to speak well, those are the kids > who will not reach their cognitive potential." > > The problem, Wurm said, is that TV can become a substitute for a "healthy > interaction with adults and other humans. Parents often discount what they > mean to their child. There is nothing a child likes more than sitting down > and doing something with their parent." > > In addition, because images on TV go by at lighting speed, it may be taking a > toll on a child's ability to concentrate and may be partly responsible for > the increase in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) among > children, Wurm theorized. > > And there's a potential physical cost of too much media in childhood -- > obesity, due in part to the kind of foods children see advertised, Wurm said. > "They advertise Apple Jacks not apples," she said. > > The solution, according to Wurm, is simple: turn off the TV and spend more > time with your kids, and get them outdoors more often. > > "The more outside time your children have, the healthier they are going to > be," she said. > > SOURCES: Gwen Wurm, M.D., M.P.H., assistant professor of pediatrics, > University of Miami Miller School of Medicine; John Oh, M.D., M.P.H., CDC > epidemic intelligence service officer, Oregon Public Health, Portland; July > 16, 2010, CDC, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report > > __._,_.___ > Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post | Start a New Topic > Messages in this topic (1) > RECENT ACTIVITY: > Visit Your Group > Learning Math @ Pandan Indah is easy & fun to learn > Learning Math @ Pandan Indah let a student learn independently & proactively > Learning Math @ Pandan Indah helps develop critical thinking > Now is the best time to develope your childs power of thinking > Switch to: Text-Only, Daily Digest • Unsubscribe • Terms of Use > . > > __,_._,___
