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Turn Off the TV to Live Longer
Researchers found that every hour of TV watching raised the risk for heart disease death up to 18 percent. The risk in people who watched four or more hours of TV a day was 80 percent higher than those who watched less than two hours daily. This remained true even when researchers took into account participant differences in diet, smoking, blood pressure, cholesterol level, waist size, and exercise. The study authors speculate that TV watching replaces activities that would otherwise get you up and moving around, which would be healthier. |
The more time you spend watching television, the
greater your risk of dying of heart disease. The
problem isn’t what you’re watching — it’s that you’re
sitting down. Even people who exercise increase their
chances of heart disease death if they watch more than
two hours of TV a day, report researchers in the journal
Circulation.