A study of 8.900 adults in Australia found that every additional hour of marathon watching of movies, series or television programs increased the risk of death from inflammatory processes by 12 percent.
The study, published in the journal "Medicine & Science in Sports and Exercise", began in 1999, by measuring the television viewing habits of research participants.
After 12 years, 909 of them died, of which 130 were caused by inflammation, which includes a wide range of diseases such as Alzheimer's disease, asthma, diabetes and kidney disease.
Those who spend two to four hours a day in front of the TV screen had a 54 percent higher risk of death caused by inflammatory processes.
"The most time spent watching television was by older people, mostly with a lower level of education, who have lower incomes and are very likely to be ex-smokers, often have diabetes and hypertension, and a worse general health condition. Those who watch television for hours generally also had a poor diet." , said Dr. Megan Grace, one of the authors of the study.
Scientists have also discovered that the connection between watching television for many hours and cardiovascular diseases exists independently of smoking or high blood pressure, reports indy100.
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