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Article: Kaiser asks children to turn off TV for week
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- Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
- Article date:
- April 25, 2005
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FONTANA - Children who go for a checkup at Kaiser Permanente
Medical Center this week likely won't get to watch television as they
wait to see their doctor.
Instead, they'll see posters telling them to keep away from the
tube for an entire week.
Physicians and staff members at Kaiser are pushing hard to get
patients to participate in TV Turnoff 2005, a weeklong campaign
starting today designed to get children and adults away from their
televisions and into other activities.
"It's really about lifestyles," said Dr. Marla Law Abrolat, a
pediatrician at Kaiser, adding it was her hope that a week away from
television would compel people to adopt more healthful habits in the
long-term. "People ...