Northwestern University Study Says Black & "Minority" Children Watch 50 Percent More TV Than White Children

Northwestern University study reveals black and "minority" children watch 50% more television than their white and Asian counterparts.

• Minority youth spend 3 hours and 7 minutes per day watching TV, playing games and listening to music on their mobiles - about 1.5 hours more each day than white kids
• Black and Hispanic children watch more than three hours TV on traditional sets every day, while whites and Asians watch more than two hours
• Black and Hispanic youth are more likely to have TV sets in their bedrooms - 84 per cent of blacks, 77 per cent of Hispanics, compared to 64 per cent of whites and Asians
• 78 per cent of black youth, 67 percent of Hispanic, 58 per cent of white and 55 per cent of Asian eight to 18-year-olds say the TV is 'usually' on during home meals
• Black children under 6 are twice as likely to have a TV in their bedroom as whites, and more than twice as likely to go to sleep with the TV on
• Asian youth spend nearly three hours a day on recreational computer use - compared to 1:49 for Hispanics, nearly 1.24 for blacks and 1:17 for whites