TV and computer screen time may be associated with high blood pressure in young children

Tuesday, August 4, 2009 - 07:00 in Psychology & Sociology

Sedentary behaviours such as TV viewing and 'screen time' involving computer use, videos and video games appear to be associated with elevated blood pressure in children, independent of body composition, according to a report in the August issue of Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals...

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