Di antara 8.000 anak yang diamati mulai dari taman kanak-kanak sampai klas tiga, mereka yang kebanyakan menonton televisi menghadapi resiko lebih besar untuk menjadi gemuk, kata Dr. Sara Gable dari University of Missouri, Columbia, dan rekannya.
Among 8,000 children followed from kindergarten to third grade, those who watched the most TV were at the greatest risk of being or becoming overweight, Dr. Sara Gable of the University of Missouri, Columbia and her colleagues found.