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Tuesday, January 11, 2011

More television watching leads to heart attack

Increase the risk of heart attack were more than watching television.

"Journal of the American College of Cardiology", according to research published in the journal, more than 2 hours a day sitting in front of the television increases the risk of heart disease and heart attack.

Emmanuel Stamatakis and research team from the University of London, 4 thousand 512 joined Scottish. Study lasted for 4 years, the participants how many hours a day watching television or DVD, outside of work were asked how many hours they play computer or video game use.

For 4 years, 325 participants died of heart disease and heart attack, 215 had a heart attack.

Scientists investigating the habits of these people, more than 4 hours a day in front of the screen (outside of work) the risk of death of people in front of the screen is less than 2 h was undergoing more than 48 percent. Heart attack risk more than 2 hours in the day, those who are still in front of the screen, turned out to be more than 125 percent compared to the others.

Stamatakis, many people came to work that many hours of television viewing habits, but this habit of heart and constitutes a threat to public health, governments on this issue stressed the need to take more serious measures.

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