UK children eat, sleep and breathe TV
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'Multitasking' youngsters surf net while watching television, survey into media habits shows
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Compulsory waltzing to be added to national curriculum to reduce childhood obesity.
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Getting children to switch off the television does not guarantee they will exercise more, U.S. researchers said on Monday.
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NEW YORK  - Obese children who watch a lot of television are more likely to have high blood pressure than heavy children who don't spend as much time in front of the tube, the results of a new study shows.
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Children in Britain are among the most lazy in the world, according to a report.
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Watching too much television may not  only help make children fat, it may also raise their blood  pressure, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.
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NEW YORK  - Approximately 1 percent to 3   percent of children have obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), which   interferes with their quality of life. Removal of the adenoids   and tonsils, a procedure called adenotonsillectomy, to treat   OSA in children is still controversial, but new research   supports its use for long-term improvement.
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NEW YORK  - Five-year-old children who  snore or have sleep apnea -- the more serious disorder in which  breathing stops intermittently while they sleep-- score worse  on tests of memory and intelligence than unaffected kids,  investigators report.
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Parents in Scotland are urged to live healthier lifestyles in a bid to address childhood obesity.
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NEW YORK  - Watching television disrupts children's' normal response to food -- they will eat more while they're sitting in front of the tube, whether or not they're really hungry.
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Ministers will order television companies this week to come up with a new set of rules to stop children being exposed to advertisements encouraging them to fill their stomachs
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Schools in England have been sent advice on how to teach children good spoken English.
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Pupils in England will learn more about how food is grown and how it reaches the consumer in a new  scheme.
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Should babies and toddlers be exposed to television at all? Is there any chance that they could actually learn from the screen?
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Watching too much television may not only help make children fat, it may also raise their blood pressure, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.
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Half of UK children 'drink' almost five litres of cooking oil a year through eating crisps, experts say.
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Some children come to school "tired and exhausted" from watching too much television, say teachers.