LONDON (AFP) - Watch TV dish shows that healthy? This claim is further questionable validity. At least recently some doctors have found evidence that watching TV can trigger diabetes and heart disease.
In a new analysis published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association, a number of researchers has combined data from eight studies. They found that for every two hours people spend watching TV, then they are at risk of diabetes of 20 percent and 15 percent are at risk for heart disease.
For every three hours watching TV, the average risk of death increased 13 percent from any cause, as quoted from the pages of Health.
"When the findings were merged together, then apply the findings were found to be consistent across studies and study populations," said Frank Hu, MD, a professor of nutrition and epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health, in Boston.
Increased risk of disease associated with watching TV seems to "like what you see with the threat of high levels of cholesterol, blood pressure or the impact of smoking," said Stephen Kopecky, MD, a cardiologist and professor of medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. "For that, consider your lifestyle," he said as well.
"[Watching TV] is not good behavior for you wherever you are. Whether you are young or old, "said Kopecky.
Watching TV has reached epidemic portions, especially in the United States. Around the world, people spend more time watching television than engaging in a hobby that is useful. It is estimated, the average person in the United States spent no less than five hours a day in front of the TV. This amount exceeds the Europeans and Australians.
"It certainly Jumalah relatively large," Hu said.
By watching TV, the time-consuming exercise and activism outside the home. Watching TV is often associated with unhealthy diet, because people tend to consume too much sugar, soda, processed foods, and foods and soft drinks.
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