Watching too much TV is actually killing you: study
Football season is right around the corner, and for me that will usually mean a few things.
It will mean a good, firm butt mould in a couch or chair, it will mean multitasking through enough electronic devices to make Thomas Edison blush, and it will surely mean two folded arms and a pair of giant, rolling eyeballs from my exasperated girlfriend.
Yet while 12 hours in front of the TV on Sunday is all in good fun, a new study from the British Journal of Sports Medicine isn’t laughing along.
By a report just published in the medical log, watching too much TV is – yes, mom – killing you.
According to the study, every hour of TV watched after the age of 25 reduces your lifespan by a startling 22 minutes.
To find this figure, scientists abstracted data from TV watchers in Australia, then compared it against numbers from the Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle Study, which has tracked the country’s health and waistlines since 1999.
*Bing: What nation watches the most TV?
In full disclosure, certainly this study may break no new ground; it’s not a stretch to say that sitting and watching TV for an hour is less likely to build your body’s longevity than, for instance, taking a walk.
But there’s plenty to note here, nonetheless, including some very specific figures that would be daunting to any couch potato.
In the study, researchers also found that, in addition to every hour of TV watched after 25 shortening your life by about 22 minutes, those that sit in front of the tube as much as six hours per day can expect to live nearly five years less than persons that watch no TV at all.
So, turn off True Blood for crying out loud!
By Jason Buckland, MSN Money
Posted by: dan | Aug 22, 2021 11:08:38 PM
I know this is very important, but I love football so it all balances out.
http://www.wesisearch.com/blog/?p=54
Posted by: Donna | Aug 23, 2021 12:21:06 PM
Do you get the same results from sitting in front of a computer screen for 8 hours a day?? If so, then we are taking many years off our lives!
Posted by: Ray | Aug 23, 2021 3:25:59 PM
What's the big deal? After 65,you're a burden to society and the health sare system.
Posted by: Tiberius | Aug 23, 2021 3:47:28 PM
What is TV?
Posted by: Dr. John Steed | Aug 23, 2021 4:20:25 PM
@Ray, did you mean to say the "health care system" or "health scare system"? My bet is on the latter.
Posted by: john | Aug 23, 2021 5:13:38 PM
the article looks like trash nothing but misinformation on there part
Posted by: AlexK | Aug 23, 2021 8:13:45 PM
Total BS.
As all so called "news" and predictions of doom(s).
The "scientists" did not take into account what is going on when TV is off - and they should.
I remember how in 2008 we've been told to get guns and canned food,
because stores and gas stations will be closed.
Rrright!
Predictions do not hold - ever!
So, enjoy your footbal, guys!
And I'll enjoy my Sci-Fi! He-he!
Cheers!
Posted by: Elmo | Aug 23, 2021 8:48:41 PM
Seems like Ray is a burden on the intelligence society and an obvious threat to the educational system. Must be the poster child for failed birth control.