Children under three should see no television and it should be severely rationed for older youngsters,an expert told MPs yesterday.Parents should restrict them to a recommended daily allowance,said Dr Aric Sigman.
来自英国心理协会的专家辛格曼博士4月24日向英国议会建议,3岁以下的孩子不应该看电视而3岁以上的孩子也应该严格控制看电视的时间,父母应该严格监督孩子的看电视时间.
He believes too much watching increases the risk of health and learning problems and said the Government must take action.He also believes there should be no sets in children's bedrooms and new mothers should be warned of the possible effects of too much television.
据《每日电讯报》4月24日报道,辛格曼博士认为,孩子过多地看电视会影响他们的健康和学习,政府应就此采取措施.辛格曼博士建议,不要在孩子的卧室安放电视,年轻的妈妈应该警告孩子看电视太多的坏处.
Studies have shown that excessive TV watching is linked to difficulty in sleeping,behavioural problems and increased obesity in children.One long-term study in 2004 found that children who watched more than two hours a day between the ages of five and 15 saw their health suffer years later.
调查显示,看电视过多会让孩子出现睡眠不良和运动量少等问题.2004年公布的一项长期研究结果显示,5岁至15岁的少年儿童若每日看电视的时间超过两小时,他们在数年后就会出现健康问题.
Dr Sigman told a Children and the Media conference at the Commons:"Screen media must now be considered a major public health issue and reducing television viewing must become the new priority for child health."
辛格曼博士在英国国会下院称：“目前,电视已经成为公众健康问题的最大隐患,所以减少看电视时间将优先成为帮助孩子提高身体健康的措施.”
Dr Sigman,an associate fellow of the British Psychological Society,said many people believed parents should not be made to feel guilty about their children's television watching but child health was more important."The British population watches television for more hours per day and reads less than any other nation in Europe.Our children are Europe's most obese."By the time children reach adolescence they spend an average of 7.5 hours a day in front of a television screen," he said.
辛格曼博士同时指出,电视给孩子带来危害不仅仅因为看电视的时间过长,还因为电视节目中的不良内容,英国人每天看电视的时间比其它欧洲人多,但学习的时间却比别人少.而英国的儿童也比其它欧洲国家的儿童肥胖.目前,英国小孩每天花在看电视上的时间为7.5小时.
