Diabetes Can Happen because eventually Watch TV

Research shows that those who spend long hours in front of the television at greater risk of death, suffering from diabetes and heart disease. In fact, with regular watch television for two hours a day can have a significant impact on health.

Every day, people in the United States spent an average of 5 hours to sit in front of the screen, while the Australians and some Europeans spend between 3.5 hours and 4 hours a day. This data is delivered by experts from the Harvard School of Public Health.

"The message is simple. Reduce time watching TV is an important way to reduce the habit of sitting continuously and reduce the risk of diabetes and heart disease, "said Frank Hu, one of the researchers.

He added, people who sit in front of the television is not only a lack of exercise, but also tend to eat unhealthy foods. "The combination of sedentary lifestyle, unhealthy diet, and obesity is creating 'perfect breeding area' for type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease," tuturya.

This is not the first study linking TV watching with disease duration. Many studies have found a strong association between television viewing and obesity, and a report in 2007 found that TV viewing time associated with high blood pressure and obesity of children.

Other studies in the same year found that children with overweight category who watch food commercials tend to double their food intake.

For the purposes of this recent study, Hu and his team reviewed eight studies that examined the relationship between television viewing and disease duration. The study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, involved more than 200,000 people within a period of 7 to 10 years.

Hu and his colleagues found, for every two hours a day watching television, the risk of diabetes increased 20 percent, while the risk of heart disease rose 15 percent. Watch television two hours every day can also increase the risk of death by 13 percent.

Based on these findings, Hu and his team estimated that between 100,000 people, limiting television viewing time to 2 hours could prevent 176 new cases of diabetes, 38 cases of fatal cardiovascular disease, and 104 premature deaths every year.

Researchers cautioned, the results of this research does not necessarily prove that watching TV is the only factor that increases the risk of disease. "It is true that among those who watch much TV and those watching in less time have a difference especially in terms of diet and physical activity levels," said Hu.

He added that those who avidly watch TV tend to eat unhygienic food. Unhealthy diet and laziness is also a result of prolonged television watching. Thus, the study explains how large the adverse impact of the habit of sitting for hours.

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