Influence of tv programmes on diets, obesity and cholesterolemia in school girls

Abstract

Abuse in TV watching means children dedicating too many hours which should be invested in some other activities as games, and sports. It also means pigging out on junk, including in their diet those industrial products highly caloric and poor in nutrients which lead to nutritional upset, obesity and hyper-cholestherolemia. This is a second part of the Report done on TV Habits in a female population between 10 and 14 years of age in Palencia. An Inquiry was shared by girls and parents. The questions and data requested were basically on preferences, intake of food, products, junk, announced on TV at meals time while their preferred programmes were watched. Subjects participated in an anthropometric measurement, level of cholesterol in blood, glucaemia and blood pressure study. Outcomes show a large number of girls watching TV every day at meal times, demand those food announced on TV and they pig out on junk. Those girls with overweight problems do watch TV longer periods of time. Parents, teachers, paediatricians and nurses must be aware of all those negative effects in order to be able to improve well-fare and health behaviour patterns in children population.

Keywords

• Televisión
• Niños
• Dieta
• Obesidad
• Hipercolesterolemia