Over 2 hours of TV daily raises asthma risk in kids

Young children who watch lots of television each day could be at risk of developing asthma, according to a study published yesterday.

The findings are made in a long-term investigation by British doctors among more than 3,000 children, whose respiratory health has been monitored since birth in 1991 and 1992.

In a paper published in the specialist journal Thorax, the investigators looked into an increase in asthma that was noticeable between the ages of three and a half and 11 and a half.