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March 3, 2008
Restricting kids' video time reduces obesity, randomized trial shows

From EurekAlert! - Breaking News:

Entrenched sedentary behavior such as watching television and playing computer video games has been the bane for years of parents of overweight children and physicians trying to help those children lose pounds. University at Buffalo researchers now have shown in a randomized trial that by using a device that automatically restricted video-viewing time, parents reduced their children’s video time by an average of 17.5 hours a week and lowered their body-mass index significantly. Read more from this post.
Posted on March 3, 2008 11:20 PM


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