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Too Much TV, Video Watching Increases Risk Of Type 2 Diabetes In Young Kids

May 20, 2014: 12:00 AM EST
A Finnish study finds that a sedentary lifestyle featuring lots of TV and video watching is detrimental to the health of young children. Low levels of unstructured physical activity, coupled with heavy use of electronic media, significantly increased the risk of type 2 diabetes and vascular diseases. Interestingly, frequent TV and video watching increased risk factors not only in sedentary children, but also in the physically active. Compounding the problem: irregular eating frequency and an unhealthy diet. The ongoing lifestyle intervention study involves 512 children aged 6 to 8 years whose participation began in 2007-2009.
Juuso Väistö et al., "Physical activity and sedentary behaviour in relation to cardiometabolic risk in children: cross-sectional findings from the Physical Activity and Nutrition in Children (PANIC) Study. ", International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, May 20, 2014, © Väistö et al.
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