TV in the Bedroom? Fat Kid!
You couldn't tell it by my skinny, scrawny kid but a new study is finding that TVs in bedrooms may cause kids to gain a pound a year, and contribute to -- or cause -- childhood obesity. According to newswise.com, the study has f ound that having a bedroom television was a significant predictor of adolescent weight gain. Makes sense, I suppose. If the kid's in the house watching TV, he most likely isn't going to ditch it to run around or play ball. At least, I wouldn't. Growing up, no kid I knew had a TV in his bedroom. In fact, we had friends who never even had a TV in their house. I'll never forget their joy when they got to see "The Wizard of Oz" at our house for the first time. But today seems like every kid has one. And an XBox and an iPod and . . .you get the idea. “This study suggests that removing bedroom TVs is an important step in our nation’s fight against child obesity. We found that adolescents with a TV in their bedroom gaine...