Would being without television cause our children to be more or less healthier? I feel that watching television has no impact on health. I watch television every single day and it has never affected my health.Also,some television shows are educational and teach children many helpful things.And whether television is watched or not it has nothing to do with independence.
According to CNN Health,the average child spends about 25 hours a week in front of a television.They state that “more time spent in front of the television is linked with poorer school performance.”They also go on to say that “television hands kids all the answers, promoting passive learning and short attention spans.”
Fitness.ygoy.com offers a list of health effects that come from watching television. They affirm that obesity in children has been linked to the amount of time spent in front of a televison.They even claim that diabetes also results from constant exposure to advertisements which promote the intake of sugar and fatty food.Also,they report that continuous fatigue and headaches are the most possible outcomes of watching too much of television.
After reading information from these websites,I now believe that television does have powerful affects on our health.I do not agree with everything I have read but I do have a broader outlook of television’s effects. There is at least one television in every home and this should be taken very seriously.It may not have effects on one person but it is obvious that it can have affects on another one.
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ReplyDeletei agree with you, watching television does not directly affect health. but what i think people are saying is that having a sedentary lifestyle of just watching tv, and not getting physical exercise, is what causes our youth (or anyone for that matter) to become obese. what i didn't know is that the average child spends 25 hours a week watching tv. if a child goes to school, comes home and does homework, eats dinner, and take a bath before bed, he/she should not have this many hours in a week to sit in front of the tube.
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