Wonder why it's after 25? You'd think above average TV for youngins would be bad too.
Still, way too many factors for this to be meaningful to me. I think the most important part of the sentence is 'on average'. It's probably not even the television itself, just the fact that if your the type of person to watch a lot of TV, your also the type of person who eats poorly and doesn't get enough exercise. Which isn't really anything people don't know already.
The funny thing is every hour reduces your life by 21.8 minutes supposedly. What about the hour spent watching? That's usually a waste too!
So you get 21.8 less minutes of life and also another 60 minutes of life lost to sitting on the couch.
Some people may call bs, but I wouldnt be surprised that its true. Televisions do emit radiation although miniscule amounts, can still accumulate over time especially if you watch a ton of TV.
That's true of old CRT TVs. Modern LCDs and Plasmas are basically harmless. The harm in this study is probably due to the sedentary lifestyle encouraged by being a couch potato.
Wonder why it's after 25? You'd think above average TV for youngins would be bad too.
Still, way too many factors for this to be meaningful to me. I think the most important part of the sentence is 'on average'. It's probably not even the television itself, just the fact that if your the type of person to watch a lot of TV, your also the type of person who eats poorly and doesn't get enough exercise. Which isn't really anything people don't know already.
The funny thing is every hour reduces your life by 21.8 minutes supposedly. What about the hour spent watching? That's usually a waste too!
Under 25, there is a large chance of recovery from a lot of bad things, like smoking. The older you get, the more permanent and damaging certain activities or diseases or injuries become in the long term.
Wonder why it's after 25? You'd think above average TV for youngins would be bad too.
It says in the article:
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Conclusions TV viewing time may be associated with a loss of life that is comparable to other major chronic disease risk factors such as physical inactivity and obesity.
I read somewhere even though I hit the gym 3x's a week, soccer 2x's a week and I'm outdoors and active every weekend... the fact that I'm working in a cubical farm makes a couch potato cause I'm sitting so much. Not sure how to really change that, so what can ya do. So TV and computers are interchangeable.
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