Each hour of television-watching was associated with a weight gain of 0.3 pounds over 4 years according to a study by Harvard researchers.

Every extra hour of TV watching is associated with an extra 2.2 lbs of body fat in Preschool children according to a new study from researchers at University of Aberdeen in Aberdeen, Scotland.

“Overall, 26% of US children watched 4 or more hours of television per day and 67% watched at least 2 hours per day,” according to a 1998 study.

Among Black children, 42% watched four or more hour per day.

People who watch no more than 5 hours of television per week are only half as likely to be obese compared to those who watch 21 hours or more according to a study by Margot Shields and Mark Tremblay at Statistics Canada, Canada’s national statistics agency.

“Approximately one-quarter of men (25%) and women (24%) who reported watching television 21 or more hours per week [that is at least 3 hours per day] were classified as obese,” the study noted, compared to 14% of men and 11% of women who reported watching 5 hours per week or less [that is less than one hour per day].

“Both short sleep duration and increased television viewing were associated with greater body fatness, obesity and higher blood pressure, independently of physical activity level,” concluded a study of 4452 children from Brazil ages 10- to 12-years-old.

Eating food while watching television has more to do with the increased risk of obesity associated with TV watching than does leisure time activity according to a study from Australia.

Girls who watch a little television, defined as less than one hour per day, and get a moderate amount of moderate physical activity, defined as 3-5 days per week, are 40 percent less likely to be overweight than girls who watch little TV and engaged in a high amount of moderate physical activity according to a new study from researchers at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan, USA. On a

Yes, this seems counterintuitive, but that is what they found.

Girls who watch a lot of television, defined as more than four hours of television per day, and get a little vigorous physical activity, defined as less than two days per week, are 3.1 times more likely to be overweight than girls who watch little TV, defined as less than one hour per day, and engaged in a high amount of moderate physical activity, defined as 3-5 days per week, according to a new study from researchers at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan, USA.

Boys who watch a lot of television, defined as more than four hours of television per day, were 22-49 percent more likely to be overweight regardless of how much physical activity they got compared to boys who watched little TV, defined as watching less than one hour per day according to a new study from researchers at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan, USA.

Girls watching a lot of television were much more at risk of being overweight compared to boys, the increased risk ranging from 27-211 percent.

Sixty-two percent of those in the National Weight Control Registry, who are people who have lost at least 30 pounds and kept it off for a year, watch less than 10 hours of TV per week according to the National Weight Control Registry website.

Children who watch more than two hours of television per day are twice as likely to be obese according to a new study.

Twelve-year-old boys who had a television in their bedroom were heavier, had larger waists and more body fat than boys who did not according to a study from researchers at the Louis Pasteur University of Strasbourg–Medical Faculty in Strasbourg, France.

Children who watch two hours or more of television per day are 44 percent more likely to be overweight and 32 percent more likely to be obese compared to those who watch less than two hours per day according to a study from Columbia.

People eat more when they are distracted by television than when they concentrate on the food that they are eating according to an interesting new study by Dr. Alan Hirsch at The Smell & Taste Treatment and Research Foundation in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

People who watch more than 4 hours of television per day are twice as likely to be obese as people who watch less than 2 hours according to a new paper.

The prevelance of obesity in U.S. adults is lowest among those who watch the least television compared to those who watch the most: 24 percent versus 41 percent.

Children with a television in their room and who watched at least one session of TV or movies per day are 32 percent more likely to be overweight according to a new study from Dartmouth Medical School in Lebanon, New Hampshire.

The risk of overweight among children 2- to 5.9-years-old increased 60 percent for every one hour of television they watched per day according to a study from Harvard.

Children with a television in their bedroom are 32 percent more likely to be overweight according to a study from Dartmouth Medical School in Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA.