Too much! Schoolchildren spend 4 hours a day watching TV and surfing the internet during summer vacation

It's really "too much"! During the summer vacation, the time children and teenagers spend watching TV and playing on the computer increases significantly. The survey found that in 1998, children aged 6 to 11 spent an average of about 2 hours watching TV and playing computer games on weekdays. On holidays, the time spent watching TV and playing computer games was about twice that on weekdays, at an average of about 4 hours. Therefore, the National Health Bureau reminds parents to make sure their children get more activities during the summer vacation to improve their health and physical fitness. Because proper physical activity can not only increase cardiopulmonary health, muscle strength and enhance immunity, but also increase vitality, self-confidence, promote cognitive function and reduce depression.

Appropriate physical activity can not only improve cardiopulmonary health, muscle strength and enhance immunity, but also increase vitality, self-confidence and promote cognitive function.

Chen Yanfang, head of the Community Health Group of the National Health Bureau, pointed out that the National Health Bureau conducted a national health interview survey in 2009 and a "Health Behavior Survey of High School, Vocational College, and Technical College Students" in 2011. The survey results on watching TV, playing computer or video games, and exercise time showed that in 2009, children aged 6-11 watched TV and played computer games for an average of about 2 hours on weekdays, and on holidays it was about twice that of weekdays, averaging about 4 hours.

In addition, in 2011, 49.9% of high school students watched TV, played computer games or played video games for more than 2 hours more than 3 days a week, and the rate was higher for boys than for girls. In 2010, 71.7% of high school students did not exercise for 30 minutes a day or 3 days a week, and the rate was higher for girls than for boys.

In addition, the World Health Organization recommends that children and adolescents aged 5-17 should have at least 60 minutes of moderate to strenuous physical activity every day. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that children under 2 years old should not watch TV, and children over 2 years old should not watch screens for more than 1-2 hours a day. Foreign studies have also pointed out that the more physical activity children spend per week, the less likely they are to spend more than 2 hours in front of the screen per day.

Team leader Chen Yanfang emphasized that children and adolescents are in the growth stage. In order to maintain normal physical development, parents should encourage their children to participate in various activities, sports, housework, etc. during the summer vacation, maintain sufficient physical activity every day, and reduce the time watching TV, playing computer, mobile phone and playing video games, so that they can spend the summer vacation healthily and welcome the new semester with plenty of energy.