If you still have this box in your house, there are more and
more reasons why you should get rid of it... An increasing
number of parents today are using the television as an
'electronic babysitter', according to evidence. Some parents
tell their children that watching too much TV will make their
eyes go square and, although this is not true, evidence is
emerging that watching too much TV as a child could mean they
end up with a larger waistline. A new study, featured in BioMed
Central's open access journal International Journal of
Behavioral nutrition and Physical Activity, has discovered that
children's muscular fitness decreases the more hours young
children spend in front of the television and that their waist
lines become larger as they approach their teens, which can have
potential health consequences in their adulthood. According to
recommendations by the American Academy of Pediatrics, children
below the age of two years old should not exceed more than two
hours of television per day, yet more and mor