Teenagere med TV på værelset (og hvem har ikke det nu om stunder?) er mindre tilbøjelige til at spise sundt og deltage i familiens fælles aktiviteter end teenagere uden TV på værelset.

University of Minnesota School of Public Health researchers have found that older adolescents who have a bedroom television are less likely to engage in healthy activities such as exercising, eating fruits or vegetables, and enjoying family meals. They also consumed larger quantities of sweetened beverages and fast food, were categorized as heavy TV watchers, and read or studied less than teens without TVs in their bedrooms.

Mon ikke vi er nogen stykker, der længe har haft TV'et mistænkt for at skabe apati, ladhed og ungdomssløvsind?

Film og TV er overvurderet i værdi. Hvorfor lukke sig inde i hver sin lille TV-hule?

Kom dog ud og få noget frisk luft.

“The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that parents remove television sets from their children’s bedrooms. Despite this recommendation, almost two-thirds of our sample had a bedroom TV, which appears to be a factor for less than optimal behavior,” said Daheia Barr-Anderson, Ph.D., M.S.P.H., first author of the study.

Glimrende anbefaling, men hvorfor fjerner forældrene så ikke fjernsynet?

Fordi forældre i dag ikke tør sætte en fod i gulvet. De venter vel på, at Staten gør noget ved problemet.

Girls with a TV in their bedrooms spent less time in vigorous activity each week than girls without TVs in their rooms (1.8 versus 2.5 hours). They also ate fewer vegetables (1.7 versus 2 servings per day), and had fewer family meals (2.9 versus 3.7 meals per week). Boys with TVs in their rooms not only had lower fruit intake (1.7 versus 2.2) and fewer family meals (2.9 versus 3.6), they also had a lower grade point average compared with their counterparts with no TVs in the bedroom (2.6 versus 2.9).

Eller sagt på godt dansk: TV gør dig dummere og grimmere!

U of M research finds teens who have TV in their bedroom are less likely to engage in healthy habits - University of Minnesota School of Public Health researchers have found that older adolescents who have a bedroom television are less likely to engage in healthy activities such as exercising, eating fruits or vegetables, and enjoying family meals. They also consumed larger quantities of sweetened beverages and fast food, were categorized as heavy TV watchers, and read or studied less than teens without TVs in their bedrooms. [Eureka Alert]