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Nowaday, TV becomes an essential part in our life. By watching TV, we can see everything happening in the world, such as entartainment, films, exhibitions and of course, sports. People now seem to prefer stay at home and watching sports to playing themselves. I don't agree with this statement.

According to ACNielson every day over 3.7 million people in the United Kingdom watch television. Research shows that children age 2 to 5 watch an average of 25 hours of television a week. Those aged 6 to 11 average 22 hours per week, and 12 to 17, 23 hours per week. At this rate which is only average children spend as much time watching television as they do in school.

According to ACNielson men who watch 3 or more hours of television a day are twice as likely to be obese. Watching television slows down the body’s metabolism. But then again television and other electronic things are making young people more and more informed. Also another drawback of the digital age is that people spend far too much time on the gadgets and do hardly any exercise therefore this is resulting in obesity.

Television has a major impact on children’s attitude and behavior, a survey called kids’ take on media conducted in 2003 shows that watching television is a daily past time for 75% of Canadian, both boys and girls aged from 6-11. Television can affect a child’s learning and how they do in school if it cuts into activities such as reading, writing and taking part in sports. Television has been proven to be a very important factor in childhood obesity simply because more active activities are being replaced by television.

Playing sports is fun. It gives your child something to do and a group to belong to. They have a group of friends that has the same goals and interests. Research has found that kids that play sports, especially girls, are more likely to have a positive body image and higher self-esteem. They also are less likely to be overweight. Kids involved in sports are less...