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'Remove TV from kids' rooms to tackle obesity'
Saturday April 07, 2012 06:44:18 PM,
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London: British
experts have advised parents to remove televisions from children's
bedrooms in a bid to combat record obesity rates being observed
among youngsters.
According to academics involved in an EC-funded project, nurseries
need to ban toddlers from watching programmes in a bid to prevent
a growing number of children from starting school dangerously
overweight, the Daily Mail reported.
Obesity among European pre-schoolers is at record levels, the 'ToyBox'
survey found.
Yannis Manios, assistant professor at Harokopio University,
Athens, who is co-ordinating the project, said: "We need a new
approach to prevent obesity... We found that many countries are
lacking clear guidelines on healthy eating and active play.
"However, there is good evidence linking sedentary behaviour, such
as television watching, with subsequent obesity."
In Britain, over a fifth are overweight or obese by the time they
start school, according to official figures. Academics have found
nearly 40 percent of pre-school girls in Spain are now classified
as overweight or obese.
The four-year study also found from more than one in eight
children being overweight in northern Europe rising to over 25
percent in parts of southern Europe.
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