The Effects of Television Viewing

The Effects of Excessive Television Viewing on Children

ENG106 – English Composition I

By

Roy’Neshia T. Hosch

AIU Online

11/30/13

Abstract

Television viewing can effect a child positively or negatively. Positive views of television are that TV can entertain the child as well as educate them it can also open them up to other places and things in the world that can’t be seen from their home town. However, too much television can be harmful to the child. According to Statistic Brain Research (2012) children spend 1,480 minutes per week watching television. That is nearly 25 hours a week of television viewing. Allowing a child to watch that much television could effect the child’s behavior depending on what is they are watching and its health by allowing a child to watch television and snack. Parents often give their child a snack and put them in front of television to get things done around the house. Are They harming a child by doing so?

UNIT 2 IP

Introduction

Discussed in this essay are 2 effects that excessive television watching has on children and what parents can do to help prevent those effects. There are many effects of television but health and behavior are two of the most common effects it has on children.

How Television effects their health

Typically parents give their child snacks as they watch television. Allowing a child to snack while watching TV can lead to that child being overweight. Your child’s metabolism slows down which means they burn less calories. The TV ads encourage unhealthy eating habits by advertising fast foods and beverages that are high in sugar. 2/3rds of the 20,000 television ads an average child sees each year are generally for foods and snacks that are not healthy for them. Those ads are shown during the after school hours when children are normally watching television upon doing other things. Watching television replaces children’s physical activity like going outside and playing. Little to no physical activity...