Television Kills

“[C]ompared to those who watched less than one hour per day, individuals who reported watching three to four hours of television watching per day were 15 percent more likely to die from any cause; those who watched seven or more hours were 47 percent more likely to die over the study period. Researchers found that risk began to accrue at three to four hours per day for most causes they examined. The investigators took a number of other factors into consideration that might explain the associations observed, such as caloric and alcohol intake, smoking, and the health status of the population, but when they controlled for these factors in statistical models, the associations remained. Another important finding of the study is that the detrimental effects of TV viewing extended to both active and inactive individuals.”