2歲寶寶看電視過多或導致成長過程中體質差

Television-loving toddlers are in for poor health in adolescence.
愛看電視的寶寶長大後（青春期）或健康狀況不佳。

So says a study from the Université de Montréal's School of Psychoeducation warning that watching too much TV at age 2 can translate into bad eating habits in teen years and poor performance in school.
蒙特利爾大學心理教育學院開展的一項研究如是說道，警告稱：2歲時看電視過多或導致青春期飲食習慣差、學習成績不好。

Researchers tracked nearly 2000 Quebec girls and boy born between spring 1997 and 1998. At age two, parents reported on their childrens' daily TV habits. At age 13, the kids themselves noted their everyday TV and eating habits.
研究人員對1997年春至1998年間在魁北克出生的近2000名男孩兒和女孩兒展開了跟蹤調查。2歲的時候，他們的父母會報告孩子的日常看電視習慣。到了13歲，孩子們自行記錄日常看電視和飲食習慣。

"Watching TV is mentally and physically sedentary behavior," said study coauthor Isabelle Simonato. "We hypothesized that when toddlers watch too much TV it encourages them to be sedentary, and if they learn to prefer effortless leisure activities at a very young age, they likely won't think much of non-leisure ones, like school, when they're older."
"對於身心而言，看電視是一種久坐不動的行爲，"研究的合著作者伊莎貝拉·西蒙娜多說道。"假設幼兒看太多電視，這就促使他們一直坐着，如果他們在年幼時就開始學會享受不費事的休閒活動，那他們長大後對學校等非休閒活動就不會產生多大的興趣。"

Researchers found that every hourly increase in toddlers' TV viewing predicted poor eating habits down the road - an increase of 8% at age 13 for every hourly increase at age 2.
研究員發現：幼兒看電視時長每增加一小時，他們長大後的飲食習慣就會越差--2歲時看電視時長每增加一小時，13歲時飲食習慣差的可能性就會增加8%。

In short, the more they watched, the worse they ate. Teens glued to the tube early reported that they ate more French fries, cold cuts, white bread, regular and diet soft drinks, fruit-flavored drinks, sports drinks, energy drinks, salty or sweet snacks, and desserts than toddlers who didn't watch much TV.
簡而言之，看電視的時間越久，他們吃飯的習慣就越差。相比小時候不怎麼看電視的青少年，那些經常看電視的青少年會吃更多的炸薯條、冷盤、白麪包、普通軟飲、零度軟飲，水果味飲料、運動飲料、能量飲料、鹹味或甜味零食以及甜點。

Every hour increase of TV also forecasted a higher body mass index, less strenuous behavior at school in the first year of secondary school and less eating breakfast on school days. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that kids ages 2 to 5 limit screen use to 1 hour per day.
看電視時長每增加一小時也預示着身體質量指數越高、初一上學時進行的劇烈運動越少、上學時吃早飯的次數越少。美國兒科學會建議：2至5歲的孩子每天看屏幕的時間應少於1小時。

Canadian researchers tested their results against that guideline and found that compared to children who viewed less than one hour a day at age 2, those who viewed between one and four a day later, at age 13, reported having less healthy dietary habits and a higher body mass index.
加拿大研究員根據該建議進行了測試，結果發現：與2歲時每天看電視時間少於1小時的孩子相比，每天看1至4小時的孩子在13歲的時候有着更不健康的飲食習慣和更高的身體質量指數。