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March, 4

If your kids are obese or are putting on more weight, then you parents should make sure your kids spends less time in front of TV or computer. In one of the recent research it was found that restricting the hours your kids spends in front of TV or computer screen can make them more fit and slim. The catch behind this new study shows that, restricting children from watching more television will lower their bad eating habit making them healthy.

All parents wish their children to be more fit and healthy, but normally parents never gives a thought as to how much time do their kids are spending in front of television or computer. The more children stay in front of the idiot box (TV) the more they generate a habit of eating junk, and fast foods which adds to their fat contents. In the study researchers performed a test on two groups of children aged four to seven years. One group of children were given a fixed time limit to watch TV or use the computers. While the other group had no limits they can spend as much time as they wish in front of the TV or computer.

The study found that the children watching too much TV or spending more time before computers added to their weight. It is known that watching more television enhances the habit of consuming more fast foods and beverages which are advertised on TV. Children get attracted towards those junk and fizzy foods and generate a bad eating habit in long run. Meanwhile the children who were limited with their hours to watch television reduced their consumption rates.

It is known that obesity is one of the biggest threats which Scotland is facing and it is shocking to find that about 23 per cent of the young kids below four years are facing the problem of overweight. If children are regulated with their television watching they are at a lower risk to adapt bad eating habits. Also they are lower risk to put on access body weight. So do check from next time how much time your children are spending in front of television or computer.

January, 29

The youths in Scotland have embraced this boozing culture like a new trend and most of the youths are having this hard drink as a child’s play. This problem is growing more and more and illegal drinking is seen in huge number now a days. In one of such incident the Grampian police caught an under-age drinker who was found with alcohol in a baby’s bottle. It was known that with the growing number of under-age drinking police were put on alert to nab these illegal drinkers, and in the same process this youth was caught by the police here yesterday.

According to police during this patrolling in sensitive area where these young drinkers could we nabbed, they caught couple of youth with alcohol in their possession. While the patrol police caught one youth who was carrying a baby feeding bottle containing cider with him. It was also known that during this past weekend alone, police have caught two more youths under-aged who were conveyed home after they were under the influence of alcohol. As in recent past it was learnt that many such untoward accident occurred where youths who were driving under influence of liquor claimed lives of many innocent people on roads.

Even the parents were unaware of the fact that their wards are risking their lives and also of others, with this alcohol mania. It has to be thought from the side of the parents that what their children are doing. Parents should keep an eye on their children and try to protect them from all these unhealthy things. Police is trying all measure to curb this growing menace and have also issued a fine of £40 for any youth of 16 and over to be caught drinking liquor in public. Hope with these initiative such illegal incidents will decrease.