Teens and TV
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Welcome to Public Health Moment from the University of Minnesota. Researchers have found that teen-agers who have televisions in their bedrooms are more likely to engage in unhealthy habits than those without TVs in their rooms. That’s according to a study led by University of Minnesota epidemiologist Daheia Barr-Anderson. <clip: “In our study, which came from a sample of … compared to girls who did not have a TV in their bedroom.”>The study also found that teens with TVs in their room consumed larger quantities of sweetened beverages, ate more fast food, and read or studied less than teens without TVs in their bedrooms. Barr-Anderson has advice for parents. <clip: “We really recommend… and see that it is for the betterment of their child’s health.”> For John Finnegan and Public Health Moment, I’m Mark Engebretson
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Engebretson, Mark; Daheia Barr-Anderson. (2008). Teens and TV. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/257612.
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