A new childhood obesity study links watching lots of TV to high blood pressure in obese children. The researchers advise parents to heed recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics ...

Watching TV in childhood and adolescence has long been linked to adverse health indicators, including obesity, poor fitness and raised cholesterol, but the study published Friday in The Lancet was ...

Nowadays children prefer watching TV or using mobile phones at home instead of playing outside. Due to increased screen time, ...

His rugby time may save him from what New Zealand researchers say is evidence that watching TV makes children more likely to become overweight.

Study finds just 1 daily hour of TV increases obesity among kindergarteners. Poverty and feeling unsafe at school also raise the risk.

ABC News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jen Ashton reports on a new study that shows the increase of obesity and high blood pressure rates in adults who watched more TV when they were kids.

F or kids as young as kindergarten-age, watching even a small amount of TV daily is linked to obesity and overweight, finds a new study. Kids who watched an hour of television a day were more ...

Does TV cause childhood obesity? Lifestyle habits like watching television for long hours can make your child obese and overweight, reveals a new study.

Why? Because it’s easy to attack TV. Never does a study come out and say: “Lousy Parents who let their kids watch too much TV contribute to their toddlers’ tubbiness.

Children who spent more time watching TV had less efficient oxygen use during exercise, higher blood pressure and higher rates of obesity as adults, the study says.

Watching TV puts children at the greatest risk of obesity in comparison to other downtime activities, a study has found. Whether the child is playing video games, is eating, or on a computer has ...

Children who have TVs in their bedroom by the age of 7 are far more likely to be overweight or obese by the age of 11, scientists have found in a major study of childhood obesity.