Children and Television

Paper Summary:

The paper discusses the connection between sedentary activities and an increased risk of obesity and the relationship between violent or aggressive behaviors among children and their viewing of violent materials on television. The paper also touches upon how advertising develops in children unrealistic expectations for obtaining products. The paper asserts that parents must limit childhood television viewing as much as possible and limit the programming to that which is age-appropriate and educational.

From the Paper:

"The issue of childhood obesity is a multifaceted issue that has frequently been associated with technology, and specifically with the increased consumption of technology such as television and computer use (Anderson, and Butcher 19). The consumption or hours viewed creates a lengthy time in which children are not active, but sedentary and therefore they are not burning the calories they consume at a healthy rate (Anderson, and Butcher 19). Additionally there is at least some evidence that decreased cost of unhealthy foods as well as the increased rate at which they are advertised stresses to children, a form of consumer that is non-informed and incapable of making discerning decisions about health and food intake that such foods are healthy and available (Cawley 69)."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Anderson, Patricia M., and Kristin F. Butcher. "Childhood Obesity: Trends and Potential Causes." The Future of Children 16.1 (2006): 19.
• Caprio, Sonia. "Treating Child Obesity and Associated Medical Conditions." The Future of Children 16.1 (2006): 209.
• Cawley, John. "Markets and Childhood Obesity Policy." The Future of Children 16.1 (2006): 69.
• Christakis, Dimitri A., Michelle M. Garrison, and Frederick J. Zimmerman. "Television Viewing in Child Care Programs: A National Survey." Communication Reports 19.2 (2006): 111.
• Goff, Karen Goldberg. "Restricting Reality; Parents Watching News on Television May Be Giving Their Children an Education in Subjects That Would Be Rated R in Theaters." Insight on the News 3 June 2002: 30.

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