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While children under the age of two should be banned from watching television or staring
at iPads or smartphones, WHO advises parents to limit screen time to no more than an hour
a day for kids aged two to four, reports tehelka bureau

f a child is becoming restless, the nating, screen time for children un-
easiest solution is to hand over Children under 5 should der the age of 5 will result in healthier
whatever gadget is nearby and adults, the organization, a United
make him sit with it peacefully for get more exercise Nations health agency, said. But tak-
I hours. However, the World Health and sleep in order to ing away iPads and other electronic
Organisation says it is crucial that chil- devices is only part of the solution,
dren sit less and play more for overall develop better habits the researchers said. Children under
health. In a new set of guidelines, the 5 should also get more exercise and
World Health Organization said that that will stave off sleep in order to develop better habits
infants under 1 year old should not be obesity and diseases that will stave off obesity and diseases
exposed to electronic screens and that in adolescence and adulthood, the
children between the ages of 2 and 4 in adolescence and guidelines said.
should not have more than one hour of adulthood, the WHO The WHO drew on emerging — but
“sedentary screen time” each day. as yet unsettled — science about the
Limiting, and in some cases elimi- guidelines suggest risks screens pose to the development

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