Too much screen time linked to a child’s risk of being overweight: study

A new study found that screen time was associated with overweight and abdominal obesity in all children, even in those who exercised the most. — AFP Relaxnews

New European research has found that children who spend a lot of time in front of a screen also appear to have an increased risk of being overweight and abdominal obesity, regardless of how active they are.

Carried out by researchers at the University of Helsinki, Finland, the Cancer Registry of Norway, and the International Agency for Research on Cancer in France, the new study looked at 10,288 Finnish children between nine and 12 years of age.