Essay On Negative Effects Of Television

The television has now been a staple of the American house hold ever since its introduction in 1950s. Sadly, around ninety-nine percent of Americans do watch their television religiously. Families now have more than one television set in their home which has increased since the 1950s, and with many now having them in their bedrooms. It has been placed as the king of entertainment for many of American people. Television now occupies the majority of people’s time in their day, after they are done sleeping and working. And so, it is bound to have many effects on the majority of Americans, both positive and negative. The Current research has been saying for some time that television watching is producing some major health problems with children, …show more content…
Currently there are many children that spend a lot of time in front of the television watching their favorite programs. Most starting during the day and watching until the evening with their parents before going to bed. This type of habit encourages a not healthy couch potato lifestyle for a child. Even young children are too caught up by television, and forget other important activities like going outside to play and run around. Therefore, activities outside their house are shrunken completely and activities such as riding their bikes, playing sports amd among others physical things. The reduction of physical activities of course would increases the chances of getting obese due to lack of burning the calories they take in every day watching television. Physical activities are so important for young children to help them build a fit lifestyle. Without physical exercises, the children do not gain the fitness habit and their development of muscle is very lacking as well as the blood circulation necessary for circulating your oxygen to your whole body. As a result, the non-burnt off calories they take are stored in their body as fat, leading to possible increased weight. This is all no different for adults who engage in the same kind of couch potato lifestyle that can possible reduce your physical activities to a …show more content…
However, there are very many people seem not to care, as if their television is more important. These people do not realize any danger of watching television since it only requires a little effort if you suffer from any of these symptoms. However, it seems that children at their youngest are the most impacted. Contact to your television at the ages of below three are at a great risk for your children’s attention and cognition skills, which is where they learn to respond to the stylistic techniques of television, and responding to smaller cues eventually becomes harder. Evidently, television watching at early stages of life can have long-term effects especially to one’s overall