Excessive TV Watching Could Shorten Your Life

Too much TV watching could mean a shorter lifespan, an Australian study has found. Aussies who reported watching four or more hours of TV a day were 46 percent more likely to die during a 6-and-a-half-year period than those who watched less than two hours a day, according to David Dunstan of Monash University in Melbourne and colleagues. The risk of dying from cardiovascular disease during follow-up was 80 percent greater in the excessive viewers -- although, statistically, the association was...Full Story