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TV Turnoff Week

TV Turnoff Week is a nationally recognized event that stresses the importance of youth engaging in physical activities while decreasing time spent on sedentary activities.

Childhood obesity has more than doubled in the past 20 years, which is attributed in part to lack of exercise and unhealthy eating.

Every day on average, 8-18 year olds spend about:

• Four hours watching TV, DVDs, etc.
• Over one hour on the computer
• Fifty minutes playing video games

Participating teachers can download activity packets below to complete throughout the week that encourage participation in alternative activities to watching TV or gaming. Packets also include ideas to increase physical activity and family participation.

The materials for download include:

• Activity Booklet PDF 2MB
• Fact Sheets in English and Spanish PDF 526KB
• Screen Free Toolkit developed by the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood PDF 13MB
• Screen Time vs. Lean Time (age group: 8-10) PDF 448KB
• Screen Time vs. Lean Time (age group: 11-14) PDF 447KB
• Screen Time vs. Lean Time (age group: 15-18) PDF 476KB
• TV Turnoff Week Pledge Poster PDF 194KB
• TV Watching Tracker PDF 104KB

For more information, contact gethealthy@snhdmail.org.