Researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, USA, say they watch TV more than two or three hours a day may be associated with an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and premature death, according to results of a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Watching television has become one of the most common daily activities of people in many parts of the world together to eat, sleep or work. In fact, it is estimated that most European citizens spend 40% of their free time in front of the small screen, representing an average of three to four hours daily, however, are below the five-hour U.S. citizens.
However, the authors of this study suggest that, according to the results, it should reduce the time watching TV as they have shown that ?this would reduce the risk of various diseases.?
?The message is simple,? says nutrition professor Frank Hu, author of the research, who notes that ?not only should be encouraged to increase physical activity, but also to minimize certain sedentary behaviors like watching television a lot? .
Specifically, the study was a systematic review of all studies published from 1970 to 2011 that linked television with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and premature death, among them large prospective studies involving eight U.S. , Europe and Australia.
The results showed that more than two hours of television a day are sufficient to increase the risk of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease, and more than three hours a day to detect an increased risk of dying prematurely.
Also, two hours per day watching TV per day the risk of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and premature death increased by 20, 15 and 13% respectively.
In fact, according to the incidence of these diseases in the United States, Hu and his team determined that, for every two hours of TV a day, there were 176 new cases of diabetes, 38 deaths and 104 cardiovascular origin for any other cause 100,000.
As the authors note, heavy television viewing has always been associated with obesity, poor eating habits and a low level of activity, major risk factors for type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
However, in this meta-analysis did not analyze the diet and physical activity participants, nor the most watched type of program, to develop a more accurate profile of these viewers, so we propose that in future studies to define these parameters.
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