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Exercise, food choices impact childhood obesity - Chicago Daily Herald(Childhood Obesity News)

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We want to limit television and videogame time, but we’re unsure whether time spent on the computer is to be considered the same as time spent in front of the television, seeing as there are no food advertisements. The Journal of Pediatrics, in its April 2008 issue, reported on children between 7 and 12, examining the relative influences of physical activity and screen time (television/computer/videogames). A total of 709 children participated, and their activity and screen time were compared with the standards of the American Academy of Pediatrics. The March 2008 issue of Archives of Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine looked at overweight children between the ages of 4 and 7 who logged at least 14 hours per week watching television and playing computer games. Read Childhood Obesity

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