HEALTH UPDATE: TV linked to teen attention problems

10 Sep, 2007

A study has found that children who watched at least two hours of television a day were more likely to have short attention spans. Advertisement children who watch more than two hours of television a day are more likely to have attention problems as a teenager, a new study shows, private TV channel reported.
The study by researchers the first to look at long- term links between watching television as a young child and problems in adolescence. It found that children who watched at least two hours of television a day were more likely to have short attention spans, and have difficulty concentrating on tasks.

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