2006-09-19 14:31:23 · 8 answers · asked by Maria Jose T 1 in Consumer Electronics ➔ TVs
There are many ways that excessive TV watching can affect one's health. The worst one for adults is weight gain. If you watch three hours of TV a day, you are far more likely to be obese than if you who watch less than one hour, according to an American Journal of Public Health study.
The effect that TV has on children may be even worse. Children are more likely to be influenced by what they see on TV because their value and belief systems are not yet fully formed.
By the age of eighteen, the average child in America has seen 200,000 acts of violence on TV, including 40,000 murders. This acts to desensitize children to violence and murder.
2006-09-19 14:40:27 · answer #1 · answered by jenh42002 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only if you spend too much time watching it. I love television but we all have to have some physical activity.
2006-09-19 21:39:47 · answer #2 · answered by obenypopstar 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. If you drop one on your foot, you can break a toe. Watching the programming that is transmitted onto it turns your brain into a substance not unlike guacamole dip.
2006-09-19 21:42:52 · answer #3 · answered by szydkids 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes it can. if all you do is watch TV and not go to a dance a person invited you to, because you didn't get physical activity and you missed the love of your life.
2006-09-19 21:34:20 · answer #4 · answered by Eryc 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure. If you sit too close to it you can strain your eyes and if you sit in front of it during all your free time, you're bound to gain weight and be out of shape.
2006-09-19 21:39:29 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it can effect your eye sight and your hearing depending on the type of lighting you use and how loud you have the tv turned up
2006-09-19 21:35:17 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes. both physical and mental health
2006-09-20 23:41:54 · answer #7 · answered by namkciub 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ugh! Bad Grammar!
What would Chomsky say?
2006-09-19 21:34:16 · answer #8 · answered by je suis tres desole 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋