Older people who watch more than five hours of television a day and indulge in three or lesser hours of physical activity in a week were at more than three-fold higher risk of being unable to walk or having difficulty walking, researchers warned.
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What findings say?
- The findings showed that people who watched five or more hours of television per day.
- In addition,had a 65 per cent greater risk of reporting a mobility disability.
- Compared with those who watched television for less than two hours per day.
- Television viewing in the evening may be especially detrimental to health.
- Because it is not broken up with short bouts of activity, compared with sitting during the day.
- Television viewing is a very potent risk factor for disability in older age.
- Younger people might be able to get away with sitting for long periods because they are physiologically more robust.
- But after age 50, prolonged sitting, and especially prolonged television viewing, becomes particularly hazardous.
Experiment:
- For the study,the team analysed data which kept track of men and women aged 50 to 71 from six states.
- In addition, two metropolitan areas, nearly 30 per cent of the previously healthy participants reported a mobility disability.
- Furthermore,having difficulty walking or being unable to walk at all.
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