Watching television makes kids less intelligent and more likely to put on weight, according to a new research.In the study, scientists found that the more television children watched aged two-and-a-half the worse they were at mathematics, the more junk food they ate, and the more they were bullied by other pupils.As part of the research, study`s lead author Dr Linda Pagani, of Montreal University, and her colleagues followed 1,314 children born in the Canadian state of Quebec in 1997 and 1998.Parents were asked to report how much television their offspring watched aged 29 and 53 months, and teachers evaluated their academic, psycho-social and health habits when they reached the age of 10.On average the two-year-olds watched 8.8 hours a week and the four-year-olds 14.8 hours.Pagani and her research team found that for every extra hour of TV a week the two-year-olds watched there was a 6 per cent decrease in maths achievement, a 7 per cent decrease in classroom engagement, and a 10 per cent increase in `victimisation` by peers, such as teasing, rejection and assault.View All12Next >News posted by www.newsinfoline.com
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