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Children between 4 and 35 months of age who watch TV have irregular sleep patterns, which means that his schedule to go to bed and take a nap varies from day to day. They showed a study by the University of Washington, USA, published this month in the journal Pediatrics. The scientists took 2,068 children whose age was between 4 and 35 months. The team applied a questionnaire to parents to check the hours their children spend watching television, meal times and sleep patterns, among other variables. And found that 27% of children had an irregular pattern of nighttime sleep. 34% also presented an altered daytime sleep (nap time). As for the little time they spent watching television, children 12 months spent 0.9 hours daily, those between 12 and 23 months, 1.6 hours, after two years of age, children spent 2.3 hours watching television each día.Al relate their sleep patterns hours in front of the television, the study found that the number of hours in front of the device was associated both with an irregular pattern of nighttime and daytime sleep. Thus, the children went to bed or taking a nap without a regular schedule (one day at 8 pm, another at 10 pm or 7 pm, according to some examples). "Adequate and good quality sleep promoted by a proper frequency patterns is important for the welfare of children and for the parents, "say the authors. The work did not examine variables such as quantity and quality of sleep, but it is an important warning to investigate further the effect of hours of television on infants' sleep . The researchers also found other factors associated with irregular sleep patterns, as different meal times, characteristics of the mother and a lack of support emocional.El last year, the American Academy of Pediatrics had recommended that children from zero to three years should not watch television. Previous work warned that television-viewing images in quick succession, can overstimulate small brain and cause various problems during their care escolar.Ese study, also published in Pediatrics, included 1,278 children from 1,345 infants a year and three years of age. 10% of these children had difficulty concentrating on reaching the seven years (when learning to read and write.) This risk increased the longer children spend watching television, which reaffirms the council of the American Academy of Pediatría.Diversos studies caution that excessive TV viewing increases the risk of becoming overweight or obese. A study published by Pediatrics found that risk in children from zero to five years. The U.S. study of 2,700 parents interviewed on the viewing habits of their children in preschool. In addition, measured and weighed to children. The study found that the prevalence of overweight children was significantly related to the amount of hours that children spent watching television. For every hour a day watching television, the risk of being overweight increased by 1.06% among children.
From: Periódico La Nación, Costa Rica.
It is in our hands the care of our children, and it is very important that we pay attention to time spent watching television, computer and video games, remember they are not babysitters, and the time we spend with them during the day, is the most valioso.Filipensesl 4:8 Moreover, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever are of good report, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, think on these things.
