Kids: Too Much TV Equal High BP

Time in front of a Tv screen may be even worse for kids
than paediatricians thought.According to new data, excessive
screen time raises children' blood pressure-even if they're
not overweight.In the study of 111 girls and boys , systolic blood pressure
(the maximum pressure in the arteries ) was six to seven points higher in kids who clocked only about ten minutes daily.




That's enough to affect long-term health, say researcher Joe Eisenmenn , PhD , at Michigan state University.For your kids'heart health , he says, limit daily screen time to two hours and aim for an hour of heart-pumping, off-the-couch activity