To most parents of teenagers today, this news probably doesn’t come as much of a shock. A recent study has shown that the sedentary lifestyle most children have adopted today has become quite a public health problem across the world. With more and more children watching television, playing computer games, and sitting around the house, they are enjoying outdoor activities less and less.
The study, with lead author and researcher at the University of Zaragoza (UNIZAR), Juan P. Rey-Lopez, looked at the prevalence of sedentary behavior in 3,278 adolescents in 10 European cities.
They found, as Juan P. Rey-Lopez explained that, “A sedentary lifestyle has become one of the major public health problems in developed countries. During the week, one-third of teenagers said the watched more than two hours of television per day. At weekends, this figure exceeds 60%.”
