September 14, 2005

ARTICLES / RESEARCH: Scientists report that children who watch more television are more likely to become obese (NEW ZEALAND)

Thinking outside the box to beat obesity

Tim Radford, science editor
Wednesday September 14, 2005
The Guardian

It may not be the chips that make a couch potato, nor even the couch. It may be the box in the corner of the room. New Zealand scientists report today that children who watch more television are more likely to become obese.

Bob Hancox and Richie Poulton of the University of Otago report in the International Journal of Obesity that sitting down to watch The Simpsons, Big Brother and EastEnders did more for body mass index - the measure of corpulence - than merely doing nothing or eating the wrong food. They followed up to more than 1,000 people born in Dunedin, New Zealand, in the tax year 1972-73, volunteers in a famous "longitudinal study" which has systematically monitored every aspect of their lives.

 
CONTACTS:

Dr Bob Hancox
Deputy Director
Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health & Development Research Unit
Tel 64 3 479 8512
Email bob.hancox@otago.ac.nz

Associate Professor Richie Poulton, Director
Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health & Development Research Unit
University of Otago
Tel 64 3 479 8508
Email richie.poulton@otago.ac.nz

Simon Ancell
Media Specialist
Marketing and Communications
University of Otago
Tel 64 3 479 8263
Mobile 027 279 7223
Email simon.ancell@otago.ac.nz

 

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