Toddlers without TVs in their rooms experience more weekly outings and have lower risk of obesity.

The Centers for Disease Control and the Oregon Public Health Division has revealed that almost one in five two year olds has a television in their bedroom.

These children watch more than two hours of programming every day. Excessive exposure of infants to television is associated with impaired cognitive, language, and emotional development as well as impaired sleep schedules and increased risk of obesity. The study showed that infants without TVs in their rooms were much more likely to experience 4 or more outings away from home each week.

PositiveTip: Who is raising your child? You or the media moguls? Removing the TV may be the most loving thing you can do.