Friday, May 07, 2004
Baby Couch Potatoes
British researchers say a couch-potato lifestyle begins early in life, and trends are discernible in children as young as three years of age. Researchers calculated the total energy expenditure of 3- and 5-year-old children, and found the numbers to be much lower than recommended levels. They blame television, video games, and other lack of physical activity for the increasing prevalence of obesity in recent years.3 Almost 16 percent of children between the ages of 6 and 16 in Britain are classified as obese.
Lancet, Jan. 17, 2004.
British researchers say a couch-potato lifestyle begins early in life, and trends are discernible in children as young as three years of age. Researchers calculated the total energy expenditure of 3- and 5-year-old children, and found the numbers to be much lower than recommended levels. They blame television, video games, and other lack of physical activity for the increasing prevalence of obesity in recent years.3 Almost 16 percent of children between the ages of 6 and 16 in Britain are classified as obese.
Lancet, Jan. 17, 2004.
// posted by Linda Weissinger Lupowitz @ 7:24 AM 
