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Wednesday, September 01, 2010

Ban TV to Protect Children's Health, Top Psychologist Tells EU Politicians


TV should be banned for toddlers and severely rationed for other youngsters to protect their health and family life, a leading psychologist will tell MEPs today.

Dr Aric Sigman claims that millions of children spending hours slumped in front of TVs and computers is 'the greatest unacknowledged health scandal of our time'.

He says it is linked to ills ranging from obesity and heart disease to poor grades and lack of empathy.

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Posted by DotConnector at 10:05

1 comment:

  1. Antonia - Beauty Health Finance and Green Issues Editor6 September 2010 at 04:35

    Well, I don't agree entirely with that.

    I grew up watching TV and there were a lot of educational programmes on it back then.

    What they should ban are rubbish programmes that give no value whatsoever.

    That's what I think anyway.

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