New research shows excessive watching of television is bad for your health. This is commonsense really. When you are watching TV you aren't doing anything physically. It is claimed that for every hour of TV one's lifespan is reduced by 22 minutes.
Many people watch eight hours of television each day, so the calculation is,
8 hrs x 30 Years x 365 Days
-------------------------------- = 3.7 years lost.
65.5 (22 minutes) x 365 Days
OR,
8 hrs x 365 days 30yrs = 87600hrs total
87600 hrs x 22 mins
------------------- = 32120hrs total
60
32120 hrs
--------- = 3.7 years lost
24 x 365
Just how did they reach this specific conclusion? Apparently obesity and diabetes were mentioned; then the figure was just fished out of the air.
They chose a ridiculous figure of two hours of TV every day over a lifetime. No one watches this tiny amount. They even decided that men were affected more than women: 1.8 yea...