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5 ways your TV is slowly killing you
Key Excerpts from Article on Website of MSNBC
Posted: September 20th, 2011
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35646508/ns/health-behavior/t/wa...
Youve accepted the idea that TV makes you dumber. And unless youre working out to an exercise video, you know those hours sprawled out in front of the screen are going to make you fatter not to mention the impact of all that junk food youve been tempted to scarf down during the commercial breaks. But youll be surprised to learn the host of other bad things TV can do to you. 1. TV makes you deader. TV-viewing is a pretty deadly pastime, research suggests. No matter how much time you spend in the gym, every hour you spend in front of the TV increases your risk of dying from heart disease, according to a recent report in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. 2. TV may make you drink more. When it comes to drinking, were apparently very susceptible to what we see on TV, according to a report published in Alcohol and Alcoholism. 3. TV can make your kid pregnant. Teens who watched a lot of TV that included sexual content were twice as likely to get pregnant, according to a study published in Pediatrics. 4. TV weakens your bones. Hours spent watching TV can set a kid up for later problems with brittle bones, according to a study published in the Journal of Pediatrics. 5. TV makes you less engaging. A recent study found that when the TV is on even if its just in the background parents interact less with their kids. To learn more about TVs effects, researchers brought 51 infants and toddlers, each accompanied by a parent, to a university child study center, according to the report published in Child Development.
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