Add It Up March 09 2005

Percentage of U.S. children who watch three or more hours of TV per day .................................. 26Percentage of Georgia middle school students who watch three or more hours of TV per day 52Percentage of Georgia children who are overweight or obese 25Percentage of Georgia eighth-graders who are proficient readers 27Rank of Georgia's high school graduation rate among the 50 states and Washington D.C. 51Estimated percentage of illiterate adults in Georgia 25Average percentage of metro Atlantans who watch "American Idol" 25Percent increase of Fox News prime-time viewers from 2003 to 2004 18Percent decrease of CNN prime-time viewers from 2003 to 2004 21Minimum number of years the average person spends watching TV by the time they turn 70 7Sources: Alliance for Excellent Education, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Healthcare Georgia Foundation, Nielsen Media Research, American Academy of Pediatrics.??