Jan 15, 2010
Too Much TV Bad for Your Health
News Flash: TV’s bad for you. A new study from Australia shows that people who watch more than four hours of television per day have a 46 percent higher rate of death and an 80 percent higher rate of heart disease. Even those who regularly exercise are at a higher health risk if their bodies are sedentary for extended periods of time. Three virtual cups of joe to these Aussie researchers for their work, particularly since I have no idea what television programming exists that’s worth that kind of time.
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Too bad I sit at my desk 8+ hours most days… At least my couch is more comfortable.
That's ok, Jon. You're at least engaging your brain while you work!
I disagree with this study. I find watching TV for hours a day gives me time to eat the foods I like. I also have time to think about finding a job. The other thing is the numerous exercise programs I can watch. It’s important to take my cholesterol medicine at the same time every day. I time this with my favorite show. I feel fine, will probably live well into my 50s.
Now that's funny! Thanks for commenting.
David Dunston is quoted as saying "…..people who watch more than four hours per day have a 46 per cent higher risk of death from all causes." Really? That means they have a 54 percent chance of not dieing from all causes. Think about that. They have a 54 percent chance of not dieing from any cause. What a revelation! I always thought the chance of anyone dieing from some cause or another was 100%!!!! Another way to look at this by to making two identical lists of all possible causes of death; one for people who watch less than fours hours of TV and one for people who watch more than four hours. Now write in the percent of persons who die of each cause in each of the two list. Now total the percentages at the bottom. If the total for each list does not equal 100% then some number of persons is never dieing! The moral: Beware quoted statistics without seeing all of the data.