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  •   Home > News > Health & Safety

    Proof regulating children's screen time - can reduce the risk of childhood obesity

    Proof regulating children's screen time - can reduce the risk of childhood obesity


    An Auckland University study has found rules cut young children's device use and ensure they get enough sleep - and both lower obesity risk.

    Professor Boyd Swinburn says it used data from more than five thousand two-to-four-and-a-half-year-olds.

    He says the World Health Organisation recommends preschoolers have less than an hour of screentime a day.

    Swinburn says almost 70 percent of kids in the study were on screens longer than that.

    © 2025 Newstalk ZB, NZCity

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