New Delhi, March 5 (IANS). Today, almost every other parent’s pain is the same. Screen time has increased significantly from school to home. Earlier, while thick glasses on the eyes used to increase the worry of parents, now it is being claimed in various research that it is the cause of increasing weight and obesity. After all, how does screen time affect weight?
CK of Delhi Dr. Sukhwinder Singh Saggu, director of Minimal Access, GI and Bariatric Surgery at Birla Hospital, in a conversation with news agency IANS, stated the relationship between screen timing and increasing weight.
He said, “A major reason for weight gain in children is to spend excessive time on the screen. And the main reason is the habits of sedentary lifestyle and unhealthy food. Long-term spending on smartphones, tablets, television and gaming console reduces physical activity, which reduces energy consumption.”
Doctors talk about not only physical, but also the side effects falling on the child’s state of mind. “Studies have shown that children who spend a lot of time on the screen often eat high -calorie processed foods, influenced by advertisements promoting unhealthy options.”
Research suggests that spending too much time on the screen can lead to disturbances in sleep patterns, which can affect metabolism and increase the risk of obesity. Lack of playing outside and lack of social interaction further increases the problem, which reduces muscle growth and overall fitness.
Dr. Saggu advises to reduce its risk. He said, “You can reduce these risks by setting up parents and care-time limits, encouraging external activities and promoting balanced nutrition. Creating a technic-free zone at food and sleeping can also help control screen contacts.”
You can say that if healthy habits are added since childhood, then you can save their navigators at great risk. Children can adopt a good lifestyle, which may reduce the risk of obesity and health related problems related to them.
In 2018, a research by World Cancer Research Fund claimed that children with increased weight have more chances of getting cancer. It said that an important reason for the increasing weight and obesity of children is to spend more time on the screen. It was especially said that – children suffering from overweight and obesity are more likely to remain the same when they are adults, and only such children have more risk of cancer.
-IANS
KR/
