Most people spend their time watching television at home when there is no hurry. People think I spend time watching television makes better quality of life.
Much of the information and knowledge can be obtained from the television. But in reality, looking at the screen for a long time can negatively affect your mental and physical health.
Here are some diseases that can occur if you spend too much time watching television:
1. The risk of heart disease
Based on analysis of data collected over six years, involving 8800 men and women in Australia (25 years old with no history of heart disease), researchers found that each TV viewing an hour can increase the risk of death from heart attack by 18% and the risk of death from cancer by 9%. This means that people who watch television more than four hours, has a 80% risk of death from cardiovascular disease over a period of 6 years than those who watched less than two hours per day.
2. Sleep disorders
Too much TV can reduce levels of the hormone melatonin in the brain that can affect the body’s natural rhythms to stay awake longer, irregular sleep and fatigue. Reduced levels of melatonin is often associated with early puberty in girls.
3. Diabetes
A study of women published in the Journal of the American Medical Association in 2003 showed that the risk of diabetes increased by 14% in those who watch television for 2 people in one day. Other studies have also found that men who watched TV more than 40 hours a week, three times the risk of developing type 2 diabetes than men who watched television less than an hour a week.
4. Obesity
Watching television is too often makes your muscles do not move.If the muscles are not active in a very long period of time can interfere with metabolism and weight gain.
5. Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)
ADD is a disorder of the concentration / concentration and impulsivity that do not fit the child’s age, even some children may have hyperactivity. Research at the University of Washington Child Health Institute found that children of 3 (three) years who watched television two hours a day, a 20% risk of having attention problems at age 7 disorder children do not watch TV.
6. Increased risk of asthma
In England, a research study of television viewing more than 3,000 children between the ages of 11 year olds. Research shows that children who spend two or more hours watching television per day, twice as likely to have asthma.
7. The custom of eating
Many people do not realize that when you have the opportunity to watch TV eat more when doing other activities.
8. Giving a negative effect on mental health
Watching television for long periods have a negative effect on children’s intellectual development. American Academy of Pediatrics prohibits children younger than 2 years to watch TV and recommended for children over age 2 not watch television for more than two hours a day.
9. Eye pain
Watching too much television is bad for your eyes, especially when watching TV in a dark room. Too much time focusing your eyes on an object can make your eye strain.
10. Aggressive behavior
Young children are more likely to display aggressive behavior after watching violent TV programs or movies. A study involving more than 3,000 children from 3 years found that children who watch too much television, directly or not, would be risky to exhibit aggressive behavior.
11. Lack of socialization
Too much TV can reduce their social interactions with friends and family. This can cause a variety of social phobia.
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