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A 6 page overview of the findings presented in the June 2002 edition of “Pediatrics”. The study presents definitive findings that there is a correlation between the number of hours a preschool child watches television and their propensity for obesity. This paper reviews the statistical findings of the paper and clarifies how the information presented relates to the epidemiology of obesity. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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File: AM2_PPtvChld.rtf
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Television viewing has become a
component of the lives of practically every child in the United States. The medium has reached out and captured the hearts and the minds of the most vulnerable members
of our population. While, admittedly, television does have some positive impacts on the lives of our children, it has many negative impacts as well. One of these impacts
is explored by Barbara A. Dennison, Tara A. Erb, and Paul L. Jenkins in an article published in the June 2002 edition of "Pediatrics". This article, "Television viewing and
television in bedroom associated with overweight risk among low-income preschool children", clearly relates the correlation between television viewing and obesity, one of the most troubling health concerns confronting our modern
world. Dennison, Erb, and Jenkins (2002) report that children spend a larger component of their waking hours sitting in front of
electronic screens than any other activity. Television, of course, is just one of these screens. Computers and video games add significantly to the problem. The allure of
the silver screen, whether that screen be that of a television or a game pad, has translated into some four and one-half hours daily of every childs (between the ages
of two and seventeen) life (Dennison, Erb, and Jenkins, 2002). Much of this viewing time is spent in the absence of adults. In the study conducted by Dennison,
Erb, and Jenkins (2002) forty percent of children were reported to have a television in their bedrooms. While researchers have explored the relationship
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