Watching TV makes young kids obese

Out of five behaviours in the study, TV watching was the one most associated with overweight and obesity in young children. — AFP

New Spanish research has found that watching TV appears to be the lifestyle factor most strongly associated with the risk of children being overweight or obese.

Led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), a centre supported by “la Caixa”, the new study looked at data gathered from 1,480 Spanish children.