Study Shows TV Makes Kids Fat, Computers Don't

Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday March 10, 2010 @02:43AM from the now-pass-the-cheetos dept.

Xemu writes "Computers don't make children fat, but watching TV for the same length of time does. This is shown by a recent Swedish study of all school children in Lund's county conducted by RN Pernilla Garmy. The results were clear: The child's obesity was directly affected by placing a TV in the child's room, but placing a computer in the room had no effect at all. One theory is that it's common to have a snack in front of the TV, while a computer requires a more active user, for example when chatting or playing games."

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I knew it by raddan · 2010-03-10 02:43 · Score: 5, Funny

Computers are awesome.
Apostrophe's by operagost · 2010-03-10 02:46 · Score: 5, Funny

Abuse of apostrophe's make baby Je'su's cry.

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Re:CORRELATION IS NOT CAUSATION by sakdoctor · 2010-03-10 02:53 · Score: 5, Funny

Repeating as needed, may reduce weight as part of a calorie controlled diet.
It is obvious by spacepimp · 2010-03-10 02:56 · Score: 5, Funny

All the free porn is on the internet, that is a calorie burn when done properly.