Letting your kids watch too much TV could affect their health as an adult.
Interestingly, the association between childhood TV watching and metabolic syndrome in adulthood was present even when the individuals had cut back on their TV viewing time as adults, suggesting that there is a sensitive period during our childhood and adolescence that had more influence over our health as adults than adult behaviors.tends to be associated with lower levels of physical activity and a more sedentary lifestyle.
Further studies will be required to confirm whether childhood screen time actually causes metabolic syndrome in later life or whether there is simply a correlation. In our modern society, it is difficult to stop children from having screen time altogether It is also difficult to apply a one-size-fits all model to how much screen time is"safe" for a child.
The American Academy of Pediatrics used to recommend less than two hours of screen time for children ages 5 and up, but have since adapted their guidelines to encourage healthy and productive use of screen time for educational purposes and regular physical activity in between sessions.
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