Telly watching doubles asthma risk

Children who spend more than two hours a day watching TV have double the risk of developing asthma, a UK study has found. 3,000 children were tracked from birth to age 11. Their parents were questioned annually about incidence of wheeze and diagnosed asthma among their children. They were also asked to assess children's television viewing habits from age three-and-a-half onwards. None of the child ...

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