Prolonged TV Viewing Linked to Increased Risk of...

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Prolonged TV Viewing Linked to Increased Risk of Type Two Diabetes, Cardiovascular Disease[url]

ScienceDaily (June 14, 2011) — Watching television is the most common daily activity apart from work and sleep in many parts of the world, but it is time for people to change their viewing habits. According to a new study from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers, prolonged TV viewing was associated with increased risk of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and premature death...

Stop reading this and go and do something less boring instead!

[Too Few Lions]

ah, 'Why Don't You', brings back memories. It sounds to me like they spent their time and money doing research to come to the conclusion that people who watch too much TV are more likely to get fat!

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ah, 'Why Don't You', brings back memories. It sounds to me like they spent their time and money doing research to come to the conclusion that people who watch too much TV are more likely to get fat!

True, except it was not just getting fat. It was all kinds of other things. Although it is not common one can find some very active obese people. Lack of activity does not lead to obesity some people are very inactive and very thin. But lack of physical activity does impact on peoples general health and watching TV is similar to sitting in an office, it's essentially sedentary. Our bodies did not evolve in a sedentary environment, we are not like cockles or muscles that spend their entire adult lives buried in sand or stuck to a rock. Many aspects of modern life contradict our evolutionary origins and cause problems as a result. Agriculture, generally perceived as a good thing, caused our ancestors real problems. Recent research has discovered that the first people who took up an agricultural lifestyle were smaller and died younger that their hunter/gatherer predecessors.

[The Magic Pudding]

Recent research has discovered that the first people who took up an agricultural lifestyle were smaller and died younger that their hunter/gatherer predecessors.

I find that more interesting than the TV thing, but I'll say no more.

Oh and I think you may have been watching to much TV, with that title designed to draw us in like a bunch of Murdoch media consumers. 

[OldGit]

we are not like cockles or muscles that spend their entire adult lives buried in sand or stuck to a rock.

Ooh, I dunno.  I reckon that describes many Christians rather well.

[Too Few Lions]

Agriculture, generally perceived as a good thing, caused our ancestors real problems. Recent research has discovered that the first people who took up an agricultural lifestyle were smaller and died younger that their hunter/gatherer predecessors.

agriculture has a lot to answer for! Hunter-gatherers generally have far more leisure time than people living in agricultural or industrial societies, and I imagine on average they are probably a fair bit happier as a result.

I'm being a bit tongue in cheek, and I'm not sure I'd want to go back to being a hunter-gatherer, but I think there's plenty to be said for a simpler and more natural way of life

[OldGit]

[Too Few Lions]

love it! Bet he's watching 'The Flintstones' or 'Captain Caveman'!

[Sweetdeath]

Haha, pointless studies like these always make me laugh. It's like "what...? You mean sitting in front of a t.v 9 hours a day can make me fat?"

I already know about the risk of blood clots in legs from prolonged non activity. It's just like..  "get up and do squats or take a short walk to the park "
I don't sit for more than 40 mins anyway. Except at thr movies-- but I only go like three times a year anyway.

[xSilverPhinx]

Recent research has discovered that the first people who took up an agricultural lifestyle were smaller and died younger that their hunter/gatherer predecessors.

That's interestingly counter-intuitive.

The price you pay for some illusion of stability (growing crops). But me, I'd rather go back to hunting-gathering .

[The Magic Pudding]

Recent research has discovered that the first people who took up an agricultural lifestyle were smaller and died younger that their hunter/gatherer predecessors.

That's interestingly counter-intuitive.

The price you pay for some illusion of stability (growing crops). But me, I'd rather go back to hunting-gathering .

The hunters probably came by in winter, ate the farmers and stole their stuff.
It's what I'd do.

[xSilverPhinx]

Recent research has discovered that the first people who took up an agricultural lifestyle were smaller and died younger that their hunter/gatherer predecessors.

That's interestingly counter-intuitive.

The price you pay for some illusion of stability (growing crops). But me, I'd rather go back to hunting-gathering .

The hunters probably came by in winter, ate the farmers and stole their stuff.
It's what I'd do.

*blink* Remind me to keep a safe distance...

I know they say that people taste like pigs (though I wonder if that was said by people who had actually eaten people) but I think I'd look around for a chicken or two first...

[The Magic Pudding]

*blink* Remind me to keep a safe distance...

I know they say that people taste like pigs (though I wonder if that was said by people who had actually eaten people) but I think I'd look around for a chicken or two first...

We connoisseurs call them long pigs, but only when we're being formal, normally Bill, Molly or Joe is fine.

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I know they say that people taste like pigs (though I wonder if that was said by people who had actually eaten people) but I think I'd look around for a chicken or two first...

Apparently the cannibals in Papua New Guinea have confirmed the likeness between pork and human meat as they eat both. This came via David Attenborough while he was doing the Zoo Quest series.