U.S. babies watching TV, despite warnings

About 90 percent of U.S. children under age 2 and as many as 40 percent of infants under three months are regular watchers of television, DVDs and videos, researchers said on Monday. News.com reports.

"They said the number of young kids watching TV is much greater than expected.

"We don't know from the study whether it is good or bad. What we know is that it is big," said Frederick Zimmerman of the University of Washington, whose research appears in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

A second study suggested excessive TV viewing can lead to attention and learning problems down the road."

emily | 9:27 AM | Studies and Research |
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