Report Links Media Use With Kids' Obesity, Smoking, Sex
"The National Institutes of Health and a nonprofit advocacy group, Common Sense Media, have another reason for President-elect Barack Obama to keep urging parents to 'turn off the TV.' In what researchers call the first report of its kind, a review of 173 studies about the effects of media consumption on children asserts that a strong correlation exists between greater exposure and adverse health outcomes." The New York Times 12/02/08

Posted December 2, 2008 03:53 AM