Media Coverage for Television Eating Habits Study

Release Date: January 30, 2009

Print Coverage

International Coverage

TV viewing linked to poorer diet later
United Press International

Kids who watch too much TV ‘grow into junk food adults’
In The News – United Kingdom

TV teens ‘develop bad food habits’
Press Association

TV teens ‘develop bad food habits’
Channel 4

TV teens ‘develop bad food habits’
Herald IE

Teenagers who watch the most television ‘eat more junk food than adults’
Telegraph - UK

Poor eating habits linked to childhood TV exposure
National Post - Canada

TV-addicted high school students could get obesity - report
Herald Sun - Australia

TV’s impact On kids eating
Tehran Times

Excess TV watching engenders bad eating habits among kids
Thaindian Times

Too much TV may lead to poor diet pattern in future
MeriNews – India

National Coverage

Adult Fast-Food Diets Tied to Too Much TV as Teen
Washington Post

Kids’ TV Viewing Shapes Eating Habits Years Later
Wall Street Journal

TV linked to teenagers’ fast food habits
Nursing Times

Nibbles: Watching TV as a teen leads to poor diet later, diabetes drug recalled in China and eating during and after “The Biggest Loser”
Calorie Lab

Chewing the Fat: Eating Healthy In Houston
Dallas Observer

Too Much TV, Too Much Fast Food
Ivanhoe Medical Breakthroughs

Local Coverage

U study: Teens who tune in lots of TV now eat poorly later
Pioneer Press

Study links teens’ heavy TV viewing to unhealthy eating later
MinnPost

‘U’ Study: Is TV a feeding tube?
Shakopee Valley News

Online Coverage

High Television Viewing Predicts Poor Dietary Habits
Modern Medicine

Link Between TV Watching and Junk Food Eating
About – Parenting Teens

Teen TV Habit Leads to Adult Dietary Woes
Medpage Today

Too Much TV Linked To Future Fast-food Intake
Science Daily