Too much TV leads to poor diet
The more TV that teenagers watch, the worse that they eat. That’s according to a University of Minnesota study led by Daheia Barr-Anderson.
She says that kids who watched more than five hours of TV per day ate fewer fruits, vegetables and whole grains and more snack foods, fried foods and trans fats years later.
She recommends that parents limit TV time for their children to less than two hours a day and promote healthier foods.
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