The answer right after this break…

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/8702101/Every-hour-of-TV-watching-shortens-life-by-22-minutes.html

Anyone who spends six hours a day in front of the box is at risk of dying five years sooner than those who enjoy more active pastimes, it is claimed.

Researchers say that watching too much TV is as dangerous as smoking or being overweight, and that the “ubiquitous sedentary behaviour” should be seen as a “public health problem”.

Experts from the University of Queensland, Australia, write: “TV viewing time may have adverse health consequences that rival those of lack of physical activity, obesity and smoking; every single hour of TV viewed may shorten life by as much as 22 minutes.”

Seems a lot. Didn’t they used to say each cigarette took 5 minutes off your life? An hours tv = 4 cigarettes?

And there’s that old correlation vs causation thing too.

What if you’re watching TV using an exercise machine you bought off an informercial?

Divine Angel said:

What if you’re watching TV using an exercise machine you bought off an informercial?

You’re not, no one does, no one ever has.. Ever

Dropbear said:

Divine Angel said:

What if you’re watching TV using an exercise machine you bought off an informercial?

You’re not, no one does, no one ever has.. Ever

ha

What if you’re watching TV, and smoking, whilst using an exercise machine you bought off an informercial?

I’m sure someone, somewhere, took it out of the box and played with it for five minutes.

Divine Angel said:

I’m sure someone, somewhere, took it out of the box and played with it for five minutes.

Nope, never

What if you don’t watch much TV but you’re sat in front of a pc monitor for even longer than 6 hours a day?

Bubblecar said:

What if you don’t watch much TV but you’re sat in front of a pc monitor for even longer than 6 hours a day?

Everyone knows that’s unhealthy and no one would do that. No company would ask that their employees sit at a desk for longer than 3 hours a day.

Bubblecar said:

What if you don’t watch much TV but you’re sat in front of a pc monitor for even longer than 6 hours a day?

You’ll probabaly have internet induced anxiety issues.

>>What if you don’t watch much TV but you’re sat in front of a pc monitor for even longer than 6 hours a day?

No, it makes it pretty clear that it is sitting in front of a TV that does it, it has to be a TV.

but is it worse than ivan milat? or that corby girl?

Yes, it’s a no brainer…brainier…

You know what I mean, it’s oblivious.