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On 8/12/10, amyju...@yahoo.com <amyju...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > Sent from my iPhone > www.dicfingerprintdepok.wordpress.com > > 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 >> . >> >> __,_._,___ >
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