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TV viewing delays development for babies: Study

By Alliance Alert

Peter Hitchens writing at Mail Online: "The study found that for every extra hour of TV a week that the two-year-olds watched, there was a 6 per cent decrease in maths achievement, a 7 per cent decrease in classroom engagement and a 10 per cent increase in 'victimisation' (eg teasing, rejection and assault) by their peers. Each extra hour also corresponded with 9 per cent less exercise, consumption of 10 per cent more snacks and a 5 per cent rise in Body-Mass Index."

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on May 04, 2010 (boomark / email).