Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Frequent TV Watching Linked to Obesity

Are you ever tempted to pick-up your TV remote instead of exercising?

After testing almost 10,000 people, a recent study suggests that frequent TV viewers are 50 percent more likely to be unfit and at higher risk of obesity than those who are infrequent viewers.

According to Larry Tucker at Brigham Young University, the more we watch television the less likely we are to be fit.

The participants from 75 companies nationwide underwent a test to measure physical fitness and a skin fold test to measure body fat. Their fitness levels were then compared with reported levels of television viewing, ranging from frequent (more that four hours a day) to infrequent (less than one hour a day).

As television viewing increased, the share of physically fit adults decreased significantly, from 19 percent to 9.5 percent. Frequent television watchers showed the lowest level of fitness, followed by moderately frequent watchers, then moderate viewers, and lastly, infrequent TV watchers.

Compared with infrequent TV viewers, the number of physically fit adults was 27 percent lower among moderately frequent viewers, and 50 percent lower among frequent television viewers.
The study found that frequent television viewers are most often male, more likely to smoke, be more obese, more sedentary and work fewer hours than those who viewed less television.

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1 comment:

Unknown said...

Thanks for waking me up!

I use to be slender. Now, I want

to regain my strentgh. Feel

better and remain healthier for

Life!


God richly bless you and your

family