Anastassea-Vlachou K, Fryssira-Kanioura H, Papathanasiou-Klontza D, Xipolita-Zachariadi A, Matsaniotis N
A' Department of Paediatrics, University of Athens, Aghia Sophia Children's Hospital, Greece.
Eur J Pediatr. 1996 Dec;155(12):1057-60. doi: 10.1007/BF02532531.
To investigate the effects of television (TV) viewing on children, 4876 questionnaires on viewing habits completed by Greek children with the assistance of their parents were analysed. The most important results are summarized below. The mean time spent watching TV ranged from 21-32 h per week. The age when children started watching TV correlated with their later educational achievement: good students started watching TV earlier. Bad students, however, watched more TV, as did children from urban areas, and from lower socioeconomic groups. Children from households with more than one TV (especially if it was in the child's bedroom) also watched more. Children who watched more TV were less compliant with TV restrictions and more likely to imitate TV characters. Eating while watching TV was associated with obesity only in teenagers. Most children watched TV from appropriate distances, with the lights on, and with the sound at medium volume.
This study of TV viewing habits in Greek children shows that certain patterns of watching TV may contribute to poor educational achievement, and obesity, in paediatric patients and, therefore, supports the idea of taking "televiewing histories" when treating these patients.
为研究看电视对儿童的影响，对4876份由希腊儿童在父母协助下完成的关于观看习惯的问卷进行了分析。最重要的结果总结如下。每周看电视的平均时长在21至32小时之间。儿童开始看电视的年龄与他们后来的学业成绩相关：好学生更早开始看电视。然而，差学生看电视更多，来自城市地区和社会经济地位较低群体的儿童也是如此。家里有不止一台电视（特别是如果电视在孩子卧室里）的孩子看电视也更多。看电视较多的儿童不太遵守电视观看限制，更有可能模仿电视角色。只有青少年在看电视时吃东西与肥胖有关。大多数儿童在适当的距离、开着灯、音量适中的情况下看电视。
这项对希腊儿童观看习惯的研究表明，某些看电视模式可能导致儿科患者学业成绩不佳和肥胖，因此支持在治疗这些患者时了解“电视观看史”的观点。
