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The average child watches approximately 25 to 30 hours of TV per week (NOT including video movies or video games)
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In the average home, at least one television is on nearly 50% of all waking hours.
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Fifty-eight percent of children have a TV in their rooms.
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By age 70, a child growing up in today's society will have spent nearly 7 years watching television.
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By high school graduation, the average teen will have spent l,000 hours in a classroom and 15,000 hours in front of the television.
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By high school graduation, the average child will have seen l80,000 murders, rapes, armed robberies, and assaults on TV.
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Fifty-six percent of music videos portray violence; 82% of those also show sexual images.
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Fifty percent of all women in music videos are in provocative or sexually explicit dress.
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American teens view nearly 14,000 instances of sexual behavior on TV each year; less than 200 of these refer to sex education, birth control, or sexually transmitted diseases.
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Exposure to violent television is associated with increased levels of aggressive behavior.
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Television viewing is a strong risk factor for childhood and adolescent obesity.
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