Daily Routines That May Prevent Childhood Obesity

An interesting study that recently came out of Ohio State looked at rates of obesity in children exposed to several daily routines. The study involved preschool-aged children and found a 40% lower prevalence of obesity in children who did all of the following:

1.) Had family dinners at least 6 dinners per week

2.) Slept 10.5 hours or more each weeknight

3.) Watched less than two hours of television or movies each weekday

Basically, in this study, children who were exposed to all three routines had a 14% prevalence of obesity. Children exposed to none of the routines had a 25% prevalence of obesity.

Now that is definitely some food for thought!