MONDAY, Aug. 15 (HealthDay News) -- Spending your days in front of the television may contribute to a shortened lifespan, a new study suggests. Researchers in Australia found that people who averaged six hours a day of TV lived, on average, nearly five years less than people who watched no TV. For every hour of television watched after age 25, lifespan fell by 22 minutes, according to the research led by Dr. J. Lennert Veerman of the University of Queensland. But other experts cautioned that the study did not show that TV watching caused people to die sooner, only that there was an association between watching lots of TV and a shorter lifespan. Though a direct link between watching TV and a shortened lifespan is highly provocative, the harms of TV are almost certainly indirect, said Dr. David L. Katz, director of the Prevention Research Center at Yale University School of Medicine. "As a rule, the more time we spend watching TV, the more time we spend eating mindlessly in front of the TV, and the less time we spend being physically active," Katz said. "More eating and less physical activity, in turn, mean greater risk for obesity, and the chronic diseases it tends to anticipate, notably diabetes, heart disease and cancer." Another explanation for the possible link may be that people who watch excessive amounts of TV "are lonely, or isolated, or depressed, and these conditions, in turn, may be the real causes of premature mortality," he added.
If this isn't this biggest crock of shit I've ever heard. For every hour of TV watched after the age 25 you lose 22 minutes off your life? If that was true I would already be dead dumb shit, and I'm not even 26 yet. And don't try to tell me there is a link between TV and feeling lonely, isolated, and depressed, because laying on the couch after work and inhaling 6 hours of First 48 is the only thing that keeps me from blowing my brains out everyday. Not to mention all the street knowledge I've gained from watching First 48 and Cops has saved my life more times than I can count. This is obviously a ploy by these dumbass researchers to get people to quit watching TV and read their dumbass articles, which obviously I'm doing right now and yea I'm not proud of it. And next time you wanna try convincing the world of something as crazy as TV isn't good for you try claiming your researchers are English or Swiss or some shit, no one respects the Australians for anything other than, well I'm not really sure what Australians are known for. I do know this kid is Australian which ain't helpin your cause. (Don't get me wrong I love this dude)
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