Limit television watching to one hour a day. Use free time for other, more productive, activities.
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Regular television watching has been singled as the most hazardous pastime. According to a major 2003 study, for every 2 hours a person spends in front of the TV each day, the risk for obesity increases by 23% and for type 2 diabetes by 14%.
Limits to television watching, which is linked directly to inactivity and obesity, should start at birth and be maintained throughout adolescence. Similar limits should be set for video games and noneducational computer time as children grow older.
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Fox announced he had Parkinson's Disease, the television watching community was in shock. His hit show, Spin City, was still a raging success and Fox, an experienced actor, showed no symptoms of Parkinson's Disease.
You could also restrict the amount of television watching.
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Parents can help decrease the harmful effects of television watching by screening the type of programming and limiting the amount of time a child watches television. The following are suggestions for helping set good television viewing habits: ...
use time-out for behavior that is not acceptable
encourage your child to express his/her anger in an appropriate manner
limit television watching to one hour a day
use free time for more productive activities.
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