Toddlers who spend hours in front of the TV or looking at tablets are more inactive a few years later, researchers have found. A study of 500 children tracked from the age of two discovered screentime habits set at a young age were ingrained later in childhood. Those who spent more than three hours a day watching TV or looking at tablets at the age of two and three did far less exercise aged five. Watching television for three or more hours a day may increase a child's risk of developing type 2 diabetes, research suggested in July 2017. Children in the study spent an average of two and a half hours a day watching screens at age two to three.

Source: Daily Mail January 28, 2020 23:31 UTC