Too much TV watching, video games and internet surfing makes children more likely to develop multiple health conditions such as obesity, U.S. researchers said.

Researchers compared 173 studies made since 1980 till to date to understand the reason that how electronic media cast effect on the children health.

The most studies, focused on TV but few looked for other electronic media as well. Most of the studies concluded that viewing of electronic media overall have adverse effects on health.

The studies give proves that children obsessed with media watching may get obese, start smoking and may involve in immature sexual activities than those who spend far less time in front of screen. Researcher also added, previous record also indicate the early drug and alcohol addiction and poor performance in class.

“It quit surprised us, how devastating the number of studies was that showed this negative health impact,”
Experts have already shown their deep concern on how young kids attracts to violence and sex. Another problem with such kids, they spend most of their time in front of TV rather than engaging themselves in extra curricular activities.

Lead researcher cite a U.S. study by the RAND research organization published in November that concluded that teenagers who watched sexually explicit programs had a greater risk of becoming pregnant or causing a pregnancy than the non-watchers.

Thirteen among 14 studies found an association between media exposure and earlier initiation of sexual behavior, the researchers said.

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