Monday, March 1, 2010

Too much media could hurt kids' health: study

(Not a surprising conclusion to this study, but makes for an interesting read - from the CBC website)

Children and teens spend about as much time with media as they do sleeping, and the overexposure could take a toll on their health, a new U.S. study suggests.

The study, reported in Monday's issue of the journal Pediatrics, showed Americans aged eight to 18 spend more than seven hours per day on average consuming both old media such as TV, movies and magazines as well as new media including internet, social networking sites, video and computer games and cell phones.

Full story here.

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