How television has a detrimental effect on young people

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How is Television has a Detrimental Effect on Young People?
Our society's further development in technology appeals to children and adolescents since most of these advancements are made for entertainment purposes. One such entertainment product is the television. The television is a practical choice for having a stable and inexpensive source of entertainment around the household. Also, watching the television is known to relieve the loneliness of an individual by watching their must awaited TV programs that makes a person feel that they are part of a larger group and not just a single audience (Rumana).Children and adolescents are inclined to watch movies, learn the current events, play video games and learn different areas of education using the television (Agarwal & Dhanasekaran, 38). Although watching television has many potential benefits and advantages, the increasing watch time of young people with the television may reveal some long term harmful effects that can negatively affect children and adolescents both physically and psychologically (Agarwal & Dhanasekaran, 38) , such as increase in violent behaviors, increase curiosity on sexual activity, decrease in academic activities, obesity, poor body hygiene and high chance of acquiring eye disorders (American Academy of Pediatrics, 423). In this essay, the detrimental effect of television on young people will be explored.
In terms of processing the negative effects of television in young people's body, obesity and visual impairments are some of the observable problems that children and adolescents are facing. In the study made by Bener & Al-Mahdi in 2012, they researched the different effects of television and internet screen time in relation to low vision condition and its commonness on school children in different public and private high schools of Qatar (Bener & Al-Mahdi , 65). Bener & Al-Mahdi used questionnaires to study the socio-demographic factors that affect low vision on school children. They found out that 17.2% of those children that reported to have low vision are frequent viewers of television while 14.0% of school children that have low vision are infrequent television viewers (65). Additionally, the researchers found out that most of the school children that uses viewing aids, such as eye glasses, are frequent television viewers and internet users that constitutes 21.3% if the entire sample (65). In their study, they emphasize that vision is a play an integral part in a person’s development. The school children of Qatar already have such disadvantage that may hinder the children's experience with the world, emotionally and physically (65).
In obesity, the consequence with regard to the person's body include increased risks of diseases due to inappropriate eating habits and low to non-existent body exercise (Rosiek et al., 9408). According to the World Health Organization, obesity is now an epidemic around the world since it is one of the highest risk factors that causes death to people, where about 20 % of the population of the world can be considered as obese (9409). According to the study Rosiek et al. in 2015, television have a negative effect on people eating...