...Recent studies have shown several causes for this public health epidemic. The evidence between childhood obesity and children’s excessive amount of time in front of the television has done nothing but increase each year. How long do children watch television each day. Does the media target children television? What are the health risks involved with childhood obesity? Childhood obesity continues to increase dramatically as the young viewers are victimized by television. Television Associated With Childhood Obesity During a recent study at UCLA School of Public Health, Sarah Anderson stated “The association between television viewing and childhood obesity is directly related to children’s exposure to commercials that advertise unhealthy foods.” (Anderson. S 2010) Researchers Frederick J. Zimmerman and Janice F. Bell conducted a study that involved 3,563 children, ages ranged from infants to 12-year-olds. Primary caregivers reported children’s activities and television viewing during the week. Studies had shown that commercial viewing had a significant affect with a higher BMI. According to Zimmerman and Bell, “steering children away from commercial television may be effective in reducing childhood obesity, given that food is the most commonly advertised product on children’s television and the fact that almost 90 percent of children begin watching television regularly before the age of 2” (Zimmerman, F. and Bell, J. 1997). Nevertheless, researchers have indeed discovered the...
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...Children who consistently spend more than 4 hours per day watching television are more likely to be overweight. Health experts have long linked excessive TV watching to weight gain. While watching TV, kids are inactive and tend to snack. They're also bombarded with ads that encourage them to eat unhealthy foods. The problem isn't just how long children are watching TV but, what they are watching. According to William H. Deitz, pediatrician and prominent obesity expert at Tufts University School of Medicine, "The easiest way to reduce inactivity is to turn off the TV set. Almost anything else uses more energy than watching TV." Television affects the health of both children and adults. First and foremost, television ads are constantly bombarding us with information about health and nutrition, and unfortunately, most of it’s skewed. Our children are most susceptible to these leading advertisements. For instance, children may have a hard time recognizing fact from fiction when they see an ad that shows thin beautiful people enjoying high calorie, high fat foods and drinks. Roughly two-thirds of the 20,000 TV ads an average child sees each year are for food and most are for unhealthy foods. The majority of children who watch health related commercials believe what the ads say, even if the ads do not give accurate or balanced information. Watching television also affects one’s health by replacing other activities and by slowing the metabolic rate. Television viewing leads...
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...Children and Technology Erica Groves February 20, 2016 English Composition Devry University Does handing our children a phone or a tablet at a restaurant seem harmful? This day and age it might seem normal, or as a way to distract our children. This is an issue that is not ok if it’s not monitored by the parents. Our children are not learning or engaged in what’s going on around them if this is not monitored. I’m not for making use of tablets, cell phones, games, as a distraction or to even occupy our kids. You are the parent and should want to interact with them, spend time making memories. There are heavy opinions about the use of cell phones or tablets. I’m going to tell you about the consequences of giving these things to our children when not being used as a learning tool or monitored by parents. “Newer generations are growing up with this technology, and while it does have its benefits, primarily in education and access to information, it can also be detrimental to children during a very important time of growth. Too much computer use can affect children's physiological and psychological health as well as social skills.” (2008) Negative effects from Computers on Children. Having children as younger than 8 years old on a tablet for periods throughout the day might do more harm than good. These devices have them glued to the screen while riding in a car, or out in public, even at home. It takes away the social part of going out and meeting new people. They see...
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...How Technology Affects the Growth of Children in Grade School Robert Pulley Abstract It is thought that too much exposure to electronic devices is causing negative effects on the development, growth and health of children. Their development is very important in how they establish habits for the rest of their lives. The habits children learn at young ages will stick with them for the rest of their lives, impacting the way they learn. Constant exposure to portable technology platforms is thought to create distractions in children at young ages. There has been an increase in the number of technological platforms that are portable, distracting children from tasks they are supposed to be completing. Constant distraction at young ages can create the habit of getting distracted for the rest of their lives, and can develop into developmental delays. Developmental delays inhibit children from learning as quickly as the other children in society, putting them at a disadvantage. The increase in portable technological devises is causing an increase in developmental delays and learning disabilities in children. Technology and the Development of Developmental Delays in Children Introduction Technology has had a growing impact in our community. There has been more exposure with the advancements, and technology has been replacing more traditional items, in a workplace, at home, and even in...
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...make their kids smart. But how does watching TV really affect children? The bad news is, the majority of experts think that a TV/video-driven culture has bad effects on kids – and may prevent kids from being smart. They cite the following: * TV provides no educational benefits for a child under age 2. Worse, it steals time for activities that actually develop her brain, like interacting with other people and playing. A child learns a lot more efficiently from real interaction – with people and things, rather than things she sees on a video screen. * TV viewing numbs your kid’s mind as it prevents your child from exercising initiative, being intellectually challenged, thinking analytically, and using his imagination. * Too much watching TV as a young adult, especially when combined with not much exercise, may be linked to lower brain functioning even before one reaches middle age, according to a 2015 sturdy from the Northern California Institute for Research and Education. * Researchers from the University of Sydney report a link between total screen time and retinal artery width in children. Kids with lots of screen time were found to have narrow artery in their eyes, which may indicate heart risk. * A 2014 study published in the International Journal of Cardiology suggests that children aged 2 to 10 who watch TV for more than two hours a day is 30% more likely to be at risk for blood pressure compared to those who spend less time in front of TV. Lack of physical...
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...impact of overused the tablets on children Purpose Statement The study aims to discover the physical and mental negative impacts of overusing laptop tablet on children. The paper also discusses the solutions and recommendations to the stated problem Rationale of the study Tablets have positive, as well as negative impacts and, therefore, there is a need to understand the negative impacts to mitigate them. Technology needs to be relied in moderation. With presences of current technology, there is a need to take care of children’s physical, as well as growth. Methodology This study will use quantitative method, questionnaire to collect the data. In this regard, structured questionnaires will be distributed to parent who have children aged between 2 years and 9 years of the study. The information collected will then be analyzed using quantitatively to find out the view of the parents regarding to over use of tablets and smartphones. Study group The target group for the study is the parents. In this regard, structured questionnaire will be distributed to parents who have children aged between 2 years and 9 years. For instance, I will distribute questionnaires to my sisters who are now parents and their children use tablets. I will also distribute the questionnaires to my friends and classmate, and professor as we have agreed with them. Expected goals and outcome The expected outcomes in this study are • How to monitor and control children using tablets. This involves finding...
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...Screen Time Causes Health Problems Obesity, loss of brain tissue, computer vision syndrome; all these health conditions, just because of too much screen time. Some people believe that screen time does not affect us in a negative way, but there are others who have different opinions. In reality, too much screen time can lead to many health problems such as being overweight, brain damage, and poor vision. One of the major problems in America’s society is obesity, and too much screen time is one leading cause of this. So how do we fix this problem? First, the article Decrease Screen Time states, "The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that screen time for kids should be limited to one or two hours a day. [...] Children who watch more...
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...the leisure time of children. As the children have spent too much time on watching television, they will spent less time on exploring, playing and interacting with parents, friends and others. At age of children, time should be filled with activities that are beneficial for them such as reading books, interact with friends and family have been replace with spent watching television. Secondly, the television also will effect on the taste of the children. Means that, the children who often spent time on watching television will prefer more on adult programme. The negative consequences are they prefer the more violent type of adult programme, including the western, the adventure programme, and crime drama. Other than that, television also has its maximum psychological effect on children. A child with high violent behavior will probably make special use of the aggressive material he finds in a television programme. Many children tend to learn commit a crime by watching television. 1. LEARNING FROM TELEVISION- a good teacher can teach effectively by television. useful activities of education can be carried on by television.On the other hand, to the extent that teaching goes on by means of lecture and demonstration, then television has an unequalled ability to share the best teaching and the best demonstrations. It was found in Canada that children in a television town came -to the first grade of school with vocabularies about a year more advanced than children in a town without...
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...How Television Affects Children COM/156 October 28, 2012 How Television Affects Children Did you know that a study that was reported by the American Academy of Pediatrics discovered that there is more violence in children’s programming than any other programming?(Adams, 2010) Today’s children are influenced by what they see and hear on television whether they are watching a cartoon or an educational program. While some television shows are educational, television can have a more serious effect on a child, like disruptive behavior and obesity. At times, television may seem like a good idea. Many people use it for a source of entertainment, especially in children. There are some positive effects that result from a child watching television. Today, children have the opportunity to watch shows like Dora, Barney, Blue’s Clues, and Sesame Street. I remember when I was a child watching shows like Sesame Street and Mister Roger’s Neighborhood. Educational shows should contain information that can teach a child about letters, which can improve a child’s vocabulary. Other shows can teach children about shapes, manners, feelings, and even a foreign language. Some television programming can even allow children to explore their imagination and creativity, giving them the opportunity to travel around the world and learn new cultures. Shows which are on the Discovery or History channel and even the National Geographic channel are a good source for educational programming. These channels...
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...seems that it’s going the other way around. People became too dependent on technology and are, in a way, ruled by it. Most of the information we receive is through mobile devices or television. Too much time is spent looking at the phone or TV screen, making it dangerous to persons both physical and mental health. On the other hand, technology has helped a lot in many fields such as: medicine, communication, education, and transport, making the life we know today much safer, faster, and easier. The views on technology development are greatly divided. Some of the most popular views are: by people who consider that life without technology would be pointless, unorganized, and chaotic; by people who find using too much technology to be hazardous and believe that it’s making people unhealthier, dumber, and lazier; and by people who think that technology should became better, but only used to assist people and should not become a big part of everyday life. There are many reasons why technology is good and should be used daily. Some people can’t even imagine their day without the use of modern day technology. Computers, mobile phones, tablets, and other devices have become an integral part of everyday life of most people. Of course, that’s not only the case with adults but with children as well. Some people believe technology is a solution to many problems of a modern person. “Technology has improved quality of life - taking into account culture, transport, and health.” (Kulik par.4)...
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...Abstract: This paper examined how gaming can be addicted and how it can cause a lot of problems to us. According to the latest census carried out by a group of specialized international organizations to study the risks arising from the high demand for gaming and radioactive equipment to 175 thousand a medical condition caused by addiction to these games and 285 thousand children and 165 thousand adults were failure to consider the result of video games through the computer screen (Staff, 2000). So this study shows that game addiction is an important problem that face people in the world and especially in UAE. Key words: Games addiction, Internet gaming, computer gaming, PlayStation gamin, video games, gaming, addiction. Mind map:...
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...Disney channel for hours on end? Well, this isn't okay, these children are corrupting their brain with nonsense, at an early age. You see, In the United States, the largest section of the television audience is made up of preschool children. On average, they have more than 30 hours of screen time a week. By the time they're 17, they'll have two years of solid viewing. The amount of screentime that children have gotten in the last few decades has gotten out of control. There are many negative factors that come into excessive screen time, and children under the age of 5 are most affected by this,...
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...gigantic crowd. So, we decided to wait, but the entire time we were waiting, my friend, instead of talking to me, just looked at his phone. I was infuriated. And if it wasn’t bad enough already, when we got to the table, he proceeded to look at his phone almost the entire time. This is becoming a major problem among teens, as well as adults. Just last week, I was at Chey’s and I look over to the table across from me, and both women were staring at their phones and were not saying a word to each other. Is this what we really want the dinner table to look...
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...interruption, through television screens. These programs carry different goals and messages addressed to children who spend the majority of their time in front of them. Animation, in general, is able to attract children through the imagination and the aesthetics of technology that characterize it. Hence, it makes children sitting in front of the television screens for several hours watching their favorite programs and merging with them as a part of real life which inevitably affects their psychological and mental states as well as their impression on the reality of life. As a result, cartoon programs play a crucial factor...
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...Grand Canyon University: NRS-427V-0502 Concepts in Community and Public Health Community Teaching Plan: Teaching Experience Paper June 13, 2015 For the teaching subject that I decided to present on for this project is on the importance of screening students for obesity. In this presentation the school nurse will learn how to calculate and be able to refer those students that are affected or in danger of becoming obese, to a physician for help, further testing, assessments and recommendations or even treatment. As we all know obesity is an epidemic Problem. It is a problem not only here in the United States but also all through out the world. The problem is so terrible that even in third world countries that are poor there is an obesity problem. Why is there such a problem? There are many issues or factors that are the cause for obesity. It can be a decrease in physical activity. Another factor is having a sedentary lifestyle, which means we do not have normal physical activity. Basically, at this time our jobs and lifestyles have us sitting around for long periods of time with out or with very little physical activity. This is terrible for our health because we basically do not burn any calories or use any energy. We over eat and do nothing to burn those meals. There is also the issue of low cost food that is not very nutritious actually it is incredibly unhealthy. The cost of healthy food is higher, which in some way is what motivates...
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