The impact of television viewing as a cause of hypertension and obesity among metro city School-Age children

Abstract

The present study investigates the impact of television viewing as a cause of hypertension and obesity among metro city school-age children. Using appropriate test items, data on the selected variables among sportsmen and non-sportsmen among aided and unaided school children was collected. The subject’s age ranges between 10 and 12 years. ANOVA was applied to find out the significant difference between the sportsmen and non-sportsmen children of the aided and unaided schools. After analysis it was found that watching excess TV caused hypertension, obesity, laziness, and violent behaviour among the subjects.