TV and Video Games Can Lead to Weaker Bones

By Dr. Mercola

Teenage boys who spend too much time playing video games, watching movies, and surfing the Web could be putting their bone health at risk. It should come as no surprise that good bone health in your later years begins in your youth, during your childhood and adolescence, as this is when skeletal growth is at its peak.

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TV More Deadly Than Computers

There are plenty of reasons to avoid getting hooked on American Idol, and not all of them have to do with bad singing. For example, it may cost you your life. That's right; the show lasts two hours, and it turns out that viewers under the age of 40 who watch lots of television double their risk of death, according to a new study just published in the Journal of the American Heart Association. This certainly isn't the first study to find a link between enjoying too much TV and early death, but the new research adds some dimension to the old data.

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Watching Too Much TV Linked to Early Death

By Dr. Mercola

If you watch television for three or more hours a day, your risk of premature death is double that of someone who watches only one hour or less, according to new research published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.1 The health risks of too much sedentary behavior, including too much sitting, are now widely known.

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Preschoolers and TV

Even the most conscientious parents—who would never dream of leaving their preschoolers in front of a television for hours on end—nevertheless will use the TV in short bursts to keep kids busy. Sometimes you just need those 15 or 30 minutes to make an important phone call, prepare dinner, or just get a little "me" time. And really, how much damage could a half hour or under do to a small child?

Risk of dying from heart disease 'rises every hour you watch TV'

Every hour spent watching TV each day increases the risk of dying from heart disease by almost a fifth, say scientists.

TV addicts were warned their lifestyle also increased the risk of death from other causes including cancer and the chances of dying early from heart attacks and strokes.

Researchers in Australia monitored 8,800 adults for six years to see what impact watching TV had on their long term health.

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Every hour in front of the TV raises risk of heart disease

Watching too much TV can be deadly even for the healthy, claim researchers.

Every hour in front of the box pushes up the risk of dying from heart disease by 7 per cent, according to a study.

Those looking at their favourite progammes for four hours a day - the UK average - face a 28 per cent rise in the risk.

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