1. ‘TV addict debate’<br />In the modern world, television addiction is becoming increasingly recognised as a ‘new phenomenon’. A television set seems to be the centre piece of a living room in many family households. This may be interpreted as a way to from social relationships with friends and family members whilst bonding over the television, however is it healthy that watching television has become one of our ‘daily essentials’?According to recent debate, the aspect of a direct correlation between television consumption and childhood obesity is now a medical fact; according to the following article http://www.realtruth.org/articles/233-tta.html (1) ’12 medical studies since 1985 link excessive television watching to increasing rates of obesity.’ <br />It has been hypothesised that television viewing causes obesity by lack of physical exercise, increased calorie intake whilst watching television and persuasion via advertisement and reduced resting metabolism in children. Subsequently leading to childhood obesity. (2)Furthermore, an article in the BBC also states that according to a study (3) ‘Three-year-old children who watch more than eight hours of TV a week are at a higher risk of obesity’. <br />In conclusion, there is yet a fully conclusive answer to the question ‘Does watching too much television cause childhood obesity?’ however, we can infer from investigations and medical hypothesis’ that there is a direct correlation between watching excessive amount of television and the rising rates of childhood obesity. <br />Sources; (1) http://www.realtruth.org/articles/233-tta.html<br />(2) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11494635(3) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4562879.stm<br />