Parents Are Key To Getting Children To Turn Off Television

Which is why it will never get done.

With the U.S. national goal of ending childhood obesity within a generation, experts worldwide are looking for ways to keep children active and away from the television.

According to a study entitled "Movement Skills and Physical Activity in Obese Children: Randomized Controlled Trial" published this month in Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise®, the official scientific journal of the American College of Sports Medicine, parents who employ a physical activity and/or dietary intervention can reduce their overweight child's screen time by nearly one hour per day.

Parents turn on the box so they do not have to deal with their kids and do something like act as parents.

Good luck with that.