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_ Presenied and spor by:
+The District of North Vancouver

_ WE did a survey
“asked Grade 6 and 7

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‘Students how many
hours of TV they. ©.
watch per day on aver-
age versus how many
hours of homework’

. they do.

We found out that they
‘spent 3.5 to five hours per
day watching TV and only
one to two hours on home-
work every day.

According to a study in.

Pacdistrics Magazine put out
in January 1999, kids watch
16 to 17 hours of TV a week:
A> majority of the, students

~also de their ‘homework in

front of the TV.

--If students spend six hours
a‘ day ‘at schoo! and come
home at 3 ‘p.m.,.that means
“they are watching TV from
. 4:30-6:30 p.m., eating dinner

and then doing their home-
work from 7:15 to-9 p.m.-
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bed and waking up the next
morning at seven or cight.
They get about 9.5 hours of
sleep but they are not getting
any exercise.

The survey also showed
65% of Grade 6 and 7 stu-
dents do exercise outside of ~
school. Whether it be playing - °
a sport or running the seawall
three times a week, 45% of

_ the Grade 6 and 7s don’t play
-on.a sports team or do any
other type of exercise..”A
magazine article from
Womeri’s Day said that chil-
dren’ should exercise 30- 60°
minutesa day. = -

This fall on TV
_ there were at least
eight -new shows
geared to pre-teens
and teens, such as...
Wasteland, Angel, -

- Time of Your Life,
The Parkers, Get °
“Real and Odd Man
Oxt..On top of that
there is Sabrina, ©
The. Teenage : Witch,
The Simpsons, That;
70s Show, Dawson's
_Creck, 7th Heaven, :

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Friends and Buffy the Vampire.
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We think thar maybe kids:
should. follow two or. three
shows a season and not watch
all the re-runs that are played °
from 3-8 p.m. to cut-down
on how.much TV a day they

watch. :
We. also think - that you

- should get together with your.

friends or, family. and ‘mak
some time to play a game. of
soccer or run the seawall.

: Finally,. students should
‘also ‘make a place at‘home.to
do. their” homework :-away.

from the TV. :