Parents looking for holiday activities for their kids may want to make sure that half-term fun doesn't include installing a TV set in their little one's room.
New research has shown that youngsters who are given a TV for their own room are at greater risk of experiencing weight problems as adults.
The study discovered that an extra 15 minutes of TV was watched every day by children aged between 12 and 16 who had a box in this area of their home, leaving them more at risk of developing diseases when they were older.
"There is strong evidence that it is important to get children into healthy habits as early as possible and limiting the amount of TV they watch is part of that," Dr Panagiota Mitrou, deputy head of science for the World Cancer Research Fund, an organisation that part-funded the study, said.
The research – which is published in the International Journal of Pediatric Obesity – showed that kids can try new activities as simple as reading to burn extra calories and should spend more time being physically active away from the TV.
Furthermore, Maria Casrellina, spokeswoman for the Ramblers, said that children can make themselves healthier by walking to school.
Posted by Clara Glasper
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