Millions of parents are putting their children at risk of cancer because they let them spend too long sitting – either watching TV, playing computer games or surfing the internet.
Doctors have today delivered a stark warning that a generation of youngsters is also at risk of obesity, heart disease and diabetes because of their sedentary lifestyles.
Even more worrying is that children who do exercise regularly are still at risk, because long periods of inactivity could still lead to obesity.
Parents are being urged to only let children sit in front of a screen for under two hours a day to cut the risk of health problems in later life (posed by model)
Experts have now urged parents to limit the amount of time children spend being sedentary to two hours a day.
But a 2011 study by the World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) found that the average child in the UK is already exceeding this by watching more than two-and-a-half-hours of television and surfing the internet for an hour and 50 minutes a day.
The amount of time children spend sitting in front of screens has soared in the last decade
Dr Rachel Thompson, deputy head of science at the World Cancer Research Fund told MailOnline that even if children exercise, they can still develop dangerous bad habits if they are allowed to spend hours a day inactive.
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