Bent out of shape over viewer-health analysis and fitness projects
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"For every additional two hours that people spend glued to their television sets on a typical day, their risk of developing type-2 diabetes increases by a whopping 20 percent, and their risk of heart disease rises by 15 percent.That’s according to an analysis of eight studies on the subject published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association and brought to our attention by Health.com."
Too Much TV Linked to Earlier Death - from Health.com
"Each additional hour spent in front of the TV increased the risk of dying from heart disease by 18% and the overall risk of death by 11%, according to the study, which was published today on the website of Circulation, an American Heart Association journal. (The study will appear in the Jan. 26 print edition.)
The pattern held even after the researchers took into account the education level and overall health of the participants—their age, whether they smoked, and their cholesterol and blood pressure,"
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