Through out the United States (U.S.) the average American watches more than five hours of television (TV) every day. While children from ages 2-11 watch over 24 hours of TV every week. It has been statistically shown that the amount of hours a person watches increases into adulthood. Adults ranging from ages 35-49 watch more than 33 hours of TV every week. As watching TV is a common activity for an average American, obesity is on the rise. According to the “Natioanl Institute of Diabetes and Kidney Disease” more than 2 in 3 adults are considered to be overweight or obese. One third of children and adolescents from ages 6-19 are over weight or obese. In a cross sectional study performed by Braithwaite, Stewart, Hancox, Beasley, Murphy, Mitchell,
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Hamer, Weiler, and Stamatkis (2014) performed a longitudinal study involving watching sports on TV and it’s relation to physical activity and obesity. While this study focused in on adults, the results indicated that watching sports on TV has no effect on physical activity and obesity. As the study excluded children and adolescents, it would be interesting to see if they are affected by sports stations. Nonetheless it would be also be interesting to see if health commercials and series that involve loss of weight such as, The Biggest Loser play a role in physical activity and obesity for adult viewers. Currently sports stations have not been shown to help with obesity, which leaves watching TV is still an indicator of …show more content…
Many people do not have cable but they do posses a Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, etc.account. All these companies stream movies and series from television. Some people may only have cable or another form of streaming. Though, some people may have both. Many households have cable as well as Netflix and other streaming accounts. According to “TIME” magazine in 2014 the average person watches 2 hours of Netflix a day. There is not much research presented on how much the average person watches of Hulu and Amazon Prime. An average child watches around 3 hours of TV a day and an average adult watches around 5 hours of TV; though could they also be adding the extra two hours of Netlfix. This could mean the average person sits for 5-7 hours out of the day, while also sleeping 7-9 hours part of a
Hamer, Weiler, and Stamatkis (2014) performed a longitudinal study involving watching sports on TV and it’s relation to physical activity and obesity. While this study focused in on adults, the results indicated that watching sports on TV has no effect on physical activity and obesity. As the study excluded children and adolescents, it would be interesting to see if they are affected by sports stations. Nonetheless it would be also be interesting to see if health commercials and series that involve loss of weight such as, The Biggest Loser play a role in physical activity and obesity for adult viewers. Currently sports stations have not been shown to help with obesity, which leaves watching TV is still an indicator of …show more content…
Many people do not have cable but they do posses a Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, etc.account. All these companies stream movies and series from television. Some people may only have cable or another form of streaming. Though, some people may have both. Many households have cable as well as Netflix and other streaming accounts. According to “TIME” magazine in 2014 the average person watches 2 hours of Netflix a day. There is not much research presented on how much the average person watches of Hulu and Amazon Prime. An average child watches around 3 hours of TV a day and an average adult watches around 5 hours of TV; though could they also be adding the extra two hours of Netlfix. This could mean the average person sits for 5-7 hours out of the day, while also sleeping 7-9 hours part of a