Teens, computers and TV

A recent study presented at American Heart Association's 48th Annual Conference on Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention confirms what many parents already know:. Teens are spending a lot of time online and in front of the television:

While most teenagers (60 percent) spend on average 20 hours per week in front of television and computer screens, a third spend closer to 40 hours per week, and about 7 percent are exposed to more than 50 hours of 'screen-time' per week, according to a study presented at the American Heart Association's 48th Annual Conference on Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention.

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"Boys and those whose parents had lower educational attainment were much more likely to be in the 'high-screen time' group," said Tracie A. Barnett, Ph.D., lead author of the study. "Teens with high levels of screen time may be at increased risk of obesity."

Read it all here.

How should the Church respond?

Posted on March 16, 2008 12:00 PM | |
Comments (1)

Dude, this is like practice, right?

I mean, they're acquiring valuable job skills in the event that they'll spend 40+ hours a week staring at a computer screen...

Posted by Derek Olsen [TypeKey Profile Page] | March 16, 2008 12:25 PM

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