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Kill Yr Televsion (Before It Kills You)!

12.23.2009
01:01 pm

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Science/Tech

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BMI
The Soup
Oblique Sonic Youth References
Television Watching
Joel McHale

When it comes to watching television, maybe vigorous exercise isn’t quite enough to ward off the dangers associated with a largely sedentary lifestyle. Based on an October phone survey of 10,000 Americans of various weights, an expected pattern emerged: people who engaged in lots of physical activity weighed less than those who didn’t. But when the researches factored in the amount of time spent watching television and movies, a far different pattern emerged:

No matter how much TV they watched, if they didn?

Posted by Bradley Novicoff | 1 Comment

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Dec 28, 2009

danno says:

Good thing TV is a dying medium. But what about Video Gamers? If you plant your ass on the couch and play Madden for hours does that equate a high BMI?

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