Stop the presses! You guys are never going to believe this, but if you watch more TV, you’re more likely to develop health problems.
Researchers combined data from eight [similar] studies and found that for every additional two hours people spend glued to the tube on a typical day, their risk of developing type 2 diabetes increases by 20% and their risk of heart disease increases by 15%.
And for every additional three hours the study participants spent in front of the TV, their risk of dying from any cause during the respective studies jumped 13%, on average.
The increased risk of disease tied to TV watching “is similar to what you see with high cholesterol or blood pressure or smoking,” says Stephen Kopecky, M.D., a cardiologist and professor of medicine at the Mayo Clinic. [CNN]
Look for the full results in the next issue No Sh*t Magazine. It’s the article written by Dr. Obvious.
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Why did TV get dragged into this? The study should say, “for every additional two hours people spend sitting or laying still…”
I prefer the brother of Dr. Obvious. He’s in the Army.
What if you watch TV while doing cardio, huh? What then?
Nonsense, watching the pretty folks on TV has me convinced that 600 calories and an hour of incline sit ups a day is a capital idea.
Whoa, feeling faint, what’s the number for 991 again? What?
So what they are really saying is that spending hours in a chair and not doing anything is bad.
Says the guy who probably spent 13 hours reviewing data and writing his paper.
As long as being all the internet all day continues to be the healthiest thing ever.
I was born deaf and developed type 1 diabetes when I was 13, so this doesn’t apply to me. Bring it on.
/Snaps fingers
//Blood sugar drops through floor
///Dies
No Sh*t Magazine doesn’t sell very well in Germany. Although the lack of a German language edition probably doesn’t help.
Also, 12 hours of reality television a week makes you stupiderer. Wait…is that a word?
Dr. Spaceman’s recently released study goes against everything mentioned here.
I’m pretty sure no one got hit by a car sitting on the couch watching TV. But I could go outside and play but I do not have the permits to play in my area. so I’d have to go to a park. But none are nearby so I’d have to go about 30 minutes away. Then I’d have to get gas. And I live in Baltimore so it is 58% likely that gas station will be robbed and I could be killed.
I love you TV…
someday someone at cnn will look up “correlation” and “causation” on wikipedia. that day cnn.com will cease publishing “science” articles.
Dr. Obvious got his PhD from Bovine University.