Too Much TV, Computer Use May Elevate Blood Pressure in Young Children
Bill Hendrick, WebMD, Aug 4, 2009
Too much "screen time," whether it's watching TV, using a computer,
or playing a video game, may raise the blood pressure of young
children, a new study shows.
This is true even if the children are not obese or overweight,
researchers report in the August issue of Archives of Pediatrics &
Adolescent Medicine.
The researchers say they found -- apparently for the first time -- a
link between sedentary behavior and elevated blood pressure in
children aged 3 through 8. The findings suggest that increased media
exposure for children may be much worse for children's health than
previously thought, the study's co-author Joe Eisenmann, PhD, says in
a news release. Eisenmann is a professor in Michigan State
University's Department of Kinesiology and a former colleague of the
study's lead author David Martinez-Gomez, BSc, of Iowa State University.
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