School Health

Wednesday, March 16, 2005

Asthma Alarm

Research has found that more children than ever are suffering from asthma. The reason for the recent uproar of asthma is primarily because there are more obese and out of shape kids than ever before. Being overweight is a contributor to asthma sufferers, alone with poor nutritional diets. Researchers discovered that 70% of elementary kids go home and watch TV or play video games for at least 3 hours a day. This is extremely different from 20 years ago when children were know to go out and play games and do recreational activities until sun down when their parents made them come home. Well, times have certainly changed! It is important for parents to restrict how many hours of television their children watch. It is also recommended that parents get out of the house and participate in activities with their children. This will not only help their children's health but their own too, as well as help the children- parent relationship.
www.time.com

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