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" High levels of TV viewing appear to have a worse effect on children&amp;#039;s future risk of heart disease and stroke than regular computer use, a study has found. Scientists at Queen&amp;#039;s University in Canada failed to find a link between the extent of sedentary behaviour and a person&amp;#039;s risk of developing coronary heart disease or type-2 diabetes. However, among the children involved in the study, certain types of sedentary activity - in particular high levels of TV viewing - were found to be a risk factor for cardiovascular diseases during adulthood. The findings re published in the journal BMC Public Health and underline the importance of restricting children&amp;#039;s time spent in front of the TV. Valerie Carson, a researcher at Queen&amp;#039;s University, said: &amp;#039;Even if a child is physically active, this activity is really only making up a short period of their whole day, so it&amp;#039;s important to look at other aspects of their day to see what&amp;#039;s going on. &amp;#039;The take home message is that we want children to be more physically active, but then, at the same time, we need to think about what they&amp;#039;re doing the rest of the time.&amp;#039; NHS figures suggest that just 32 per cent of boys and 24 per cent of girls in England, aged two to 15, met the recommended levels of physical activity in 2008. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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