Too Much TV
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The Effects of Too Much Television
See what a week without any television would do in your own life.
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Watching TV For An Hour Will Shorten Your Life By 21.8 Minutes
Abstract
Background Prolonged television (TV) viewing time is unfavourably associated with mortality outcomes, particularly for cardiovascular disease, but the impact on life expectancy has not been quantified. The authors estimate the extent to which TV viewing time reduces life expectancy in Australia, 2008.
Methods
The authors constructed a life table model that incorporates a previously reported mortality risk associated with TV time. Data were from the Australian Bureau of Statistics and the Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle Study, a national population-based observational survey that started in 1999-2000. The authors modelled impacts of changes in population average TV viewing time on life expectancy at birth.
Results
The amount of TV viewed in Australia in 2008 reduced life expectancy at birth by 1.8 years (95% uncertainty interval (UI): 8.4 days to 3.7 years) for men and 1.5 years (95% UI: 6.8 days to 3.1 years) for women. Compared with persons who watch no TV, those who spend a lifetime average of 6 h/day watching TV can expect to live 4.8 years (95% UI: 11 days to 10.4 years) less. On average, every single hour of TV viewed after the age of 25 reduces the viewer's life expectancy by 21.8 (95% UI: 0.3-44.7) min. This study is limited by the low precision with which the relationship between TV viewing time and mortality is currently known.
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.
Via Television viewing time and reduced life expectancy: a life table analysis -- Veerman et al. -- British Journal of Sports Medicine
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Lyrics
'Cause tragedy thrills me
Whatever flavor it happens to be, like...
"Killed by the husband"
"Drowned by the ocean"
"Shot by his own son"
"She used a poison
in his tea...kissed him goodbye"
That's my kind of story
It's no fun 'til someone dies
Don't look at me like
I am a monster
Frown out your one face
But with the other
Stare like a junkie
Into the TV
Stare like a zombie
While the mother holds her child
Watches them die
Hands to the sky crying,
"Why, oh why?"
Cause I need to watch things die... from a distance
Vicariously I live while the whole world dies
YOU ALL NEED IT TOO, DON'T LIE
Why can't we just admit it?
Why can't we just admit it?
We won't give pause until the blood is flowing
Neither the brave nor bold
Will write as the story's told
We won't give pause until the blood is flowing
I need to watch things die... from a good safe distance
Vicariously I live while the whole world dies
You all feel the same, so...
Why can't we just admit it?
Blood like rain come down
Drown my grave and ground
Part vampire
Part warrior
Carnivore and Voyeur
Stare at the transmittal
Sing to the death rattle
La, la, la, la, la, la-la-lie (x4)
Credulous at best
Your desire to believe in
Angels in the hearts of men
Pull your head on out your hippy
Haze and give a listen
Shouldn't have to say it all again
The universe is hostile, so impersonal
Devour to survive... so it is, so it's always been
We all feed on tragedy
It's like blood to a vampire
Vicariously I live while the whole world dies
Much better you than I
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The Berenstain Bears and Too Much TV
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When Mama Bear decides her family spends too much time in front of the TV, she bans it for a week. Then the Bear family finds other ways to have fun and keep busy, so they watch less when TV is allowed again - and they don't even miss it.
Look Who's Talking...
About turning off the television
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Turn Off the Television
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Do you limit your TV time?
My husband and I had no TV programming available to us for more than 5 years. When we moved, we decided to get HD cable - after a few months of television abuse we decided to cut the cable.
It is a bit hard to get used to at first, but when you realize just how much more time in the day you have and how much more actual fun you can have it's totally worth it.
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CruiseReady
Sep 16, 2011 @ 5:19 pm | delete
- Hmm... We do have the TV on a lot. I usually am just listening to the news station, however, as I do other things, rather than sitting and watching. I don't watch a single sit-com, though my hubby has several he watches.
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Yourshowman
Dec 8, 2010 @ 8:39 am | delete
- I Dont Watch Time Tv Too Much.
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Health-Gal Dec 5, 2010 @ 2:30 am | delete
- you know, i don“t think it is the TV itself that is causing the problem, rather parents using the TV as a babysitter and not spending enough quality time with the kids to start off with :)
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Sylvestermouse
Sep 20, 2010 @ 5:07 pm | delete
- I wouldn't say I limit my TV time, I would say my TV time is limited. I just don't find very much that really interests me. I enjoy watching movies on dvd's though and when I fine a really good one, I have been known to watch it over and over.
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Sami4u
Sep 18, 2010 @ 4:15 am | delete
- Hi,
Good thing I don't own a TV....I watch all my show and dvd's on the computer. LOL :)
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RedSportNiac
Sep 11, 2010 @ 12:46 am | delete
- I rarely watch TV's nowadays. I guess Suidoo has a lot to do with it. Hopefully it would be for the better.
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shajo
Jun 3, 2009 @ 11:33 am | delete
- Great lens on NOT watching TV! My husband for some reason likes to have a TV on in the house. He turns it on as soon as he gets up in the morning! As for me, I enjoy the quiet when the TV is turned off!
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susannaduffy
Jun 2, 2009 @ 7:57 pm | delete
- I don't look at the TV, - it's in a back room and for use as a large screen to watch DVDs on. I read news and check weather online. There's nothing on the TV that I care to watch
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