Screen-Time Facts

• Children in the United States watch more than four hours of TV each day
• Number of 30-second commercials seen in a year by an average child: 20,000
• Number of minutes per week that parents spend in meaningful conversation with their children: 38.5
• Number of minutes per week that the average child watches TV: 1,680
• Percentage of Oklahoma children (grades 9-12) who watch three or more hours of TV on an average school day: 39
• Percentage of children ages 6-17 who have TVs in their bedrooms: 50
• Percentage of daycare centers that use TV during a typical day: 70
• Hours per year the average American youth spends in school: 900
• Hours per year the average American youth watches TV: 1,500
• Percentage of Americans who regularly watch TV while eating dinner: 60

Move More, Watch Less
The more time children spend watch television, the greater their risk of becoming overweight.  This is likely due to the displacement of physical activity and increased caloric intake resulting from greater snacking opportunities and poorer food choices.

What can you do?  Start looking at the amount of screen-time that you and your family get in an average day and finding ways to reduce that time and increase your physical activity.  It's a lot easier than you think, and the toolkit below can help you get started.

Kaiser Permanente has created a toolkit to help you and your family reduce your screen-time and increase your physical activity.  Please click on the link below to download the free toolkit.

 Toolkit (English)                Toolkit (Spanish)

We have provided schools with information and resources for staff, parents, community, and students concerning the importance of reducing the amount of their daily screen time exposure. Click below to download a copy of the letter and the parent's guide that was mailed to all Oklahoma schools.

Screen-time Guide (English)             Screen-time Guide (Spanish)                 Letter to the Principals