Families Eating Smart and Moving More: Moving More, Watching Less

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Network Programming
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You Know You May Be Watching Too Much TV When

• The first thing you do when you enter the room is
  turn on the TV
• You eat all your meals in front of the TV
• There are as many TVs in your home as people

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You Know You May Be Watching Too Much TV When

• Youre watching a show you dont like when you
  realize its a repeat and you didnt like it the
  FIRST time either
• You know the theme songs to all the shows in
  prime time
• The number of shows you absolutely cannot miss is
  equal to or greater than the number of days in
  the week

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You Know You May Be Watching Too Much TV When

• The clerk at the video store knows you on a first
  name basis
• Your cable goes out and you have the cable
  company on speed dial
• The hall closet is dedicated not to coats and
  hats but to DVDs, videotapes and video games

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You Know You May Be Watching Too Much TV When

• The last thing you do at night before closing
  your eyes is turn off the TV

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How Much Are We Watching?

• Families have the TV on an average of 7 hours and
  40 minutes per day
• Americans watch an average of more than 4 hours
  of TV per day
• American children spend an average of 900 hours
  per year in school and an average of 1,023
  watching TV

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Current Recommendations From The American Academy
of Pediatrics younger than 2 years old no
TV older than 2 years old no more than 2 hours
of TV per day
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Impact of TV On Our Brains
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Impact of TV on Family Time
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Impact of TV on Family MEAL Time

• Children who
• eat dinner together with their families without
  the TV
• are more likely to consume the recommended number
  of servings of fruits, vegetables, and milk

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Impact of TV on Our Bodies
Overweight in children has almost doubled in the
past decade
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Impact Of TV On Our Bodies
There is a strong link between overweight in
children and TV viewing
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What Are Our Children Watching?
90 of viewing by children is of programs that
are not designed for children
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What Are Our Children Watching?
Children learn by mimicking whats on TV
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What Are Our Children Watching?
Children see 40,000 commercials every year!
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What Are Our Children Watching?
Response to Foods Advertised on TV
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15 Billion per year spent on marketing to
children much of that is on television ads
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TV Messages
10,000 food ads per year Thats almost 30 per
day! 95 for candy/fast food/soft drinks and
sugar sweetened cereal
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Simple Solutions To Watching Less
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Simple Solutions to Watching Less
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Get the TV Out of the Bedroom
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Simple Solutions to Watching Less
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Plan How Much TV You and Your Family Are Going to
Watch
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Simple Solutions to Watching Less
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Set Clear Limits and Be a Good TV Role Model
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Simple Solutions to Watching Less
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Make Lists of Activities You Want to Do Instead
of Watching TV
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Simple Solutions to Watching Less
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Dont Keep the TV on All the TimeTune Into
Specific Shows
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Simple Solutions to Watching Less
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Eat Together As a Family Without the TV
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Simple Solutions to Watching Less
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Watch With Your Children
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