Obesity and TV

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Obesity and TV are definitely related to each other, and the relationship is so strong, you could basically call them a boyfriend and a girlfriend.

It sure increases the risk of obesity the more you sit in front of the cute tv and watching it.

Can you explain what you think about this?

thank you

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So wait, if we plunk starving children in front of a TV they'll gain weight and become obese?

That could help some Third World countries

(Does the TV need to be on?)

Seriously though, that doesn't make sense.

Obesity is mostly based on genetics and body chemistry or metabolism.

What we eat and drink also plays a greater role than physical activity.

^ right? the solution to world hunger right there. The tv must send out obesity waves or something

Seriously though I think it's a lot more complex than that. Sure inactivity can be a factor but it isn't the only factor. Health issues, genetics, metabolism lots of things can affect.a.person's weight.

Couch potatoes are often obese. Nothing wrong with that assertion.

And in poor countries there has been a rise in living standards -so at least the elite of those countries are starting to get the same problems of obesity as the West, and along with associated conditions like anorexia. More food, worse junk food, and physical inactivity, are spreading across the globe.

Fast food plus a lot of TV can lead to obesity. Look at the 45th POTUS.

But not every couch potato is obese. And TV is so...20th century. I get distracted from TV by the computer (and I am rather old fashioned myself).

If it worries you then get an stationary excercise bike to use...while you watch the tube. Or take up aerobic dancing to your fav tunes on the stereo.

Actually its more like slime...on your living room floor!

https://youtu.be/tdtGo2Ib9oI

I don't watch TV, don't have a TV.
The thing is sensory overload for me.

I am aware that proper studies exist & have existed for quite some time around the world.

1991, https://www.csus.edu/faculty/m/fred.mol ... besity.pdf
Television Viewing and Obesity in Adult Females
Larry A. Tucker, PhD, and Marilyn Bagwell, RN, PhD

1996, https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamape ... act/517896
"Estimates of attributable risk indicate that more 60% of overweight incidence in this population can be linked to excess television viewing time.
Conclusion: Television viewing affects overweight among youth, and reductions in viewing time could help prevent this increasingly common chronic health condition.(Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 1996;150:356-362)"

1999, https://www.nature.com/articles/0800962
Association of obesity with physical activity, television programs and other forms of video viewing among children in Mexico City
B Hernández1, SL Gortmaker2, GA Colditz3, KE Peterson4, NM Laird5 & S Parra-Cabrera1
International Journal of Obesity volume 23, pages 845–854 (1999)

2015, https://academic.oup.com/eurpub/article/26/1/13/2467508
Television watching and risk of childhood obesity: a meta-analysis
Gang Zhang, Lei Wu, Lingling Zhou, Weifeng Lu, Chunting Mao Author Notes
European Journal of Public Health, Volume 26, Issue 1, February 2016, Pages 13–18, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckv213
Published: 24 November 2015


and,

https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/obesity-pr ... d-obesity/

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Television Watching and “Sit Time”
Research conducted at Harvard first linked TV watching to obesity more than 25 years ago. (5) Since then, extensive research has confirmed the link between TV viewing and obesity in children and adults, in countries around the world. And there’s good evidence that cutting back on TV time can help with weight control-part of the reason why many organizations recommend that children and teens limit TV/media time to no more than two hours per day. This article briefly outlines the research on how TV viewing and other sedentary activities contribute to obesity risk, and why reducing screen time and sedentary time are important targets for obesity prevention.
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How Does TV Watching Increase the Risk of Obesity? A Closer Look at Food Marketing

food marketing (cereal_and_tv.jpg)Researchers have hypothesized that TV watching could promote obesity in several ways: displacing time for physical activity; promoting poor diets; giving more opportunities for unhealthy snacking (during TV viewing); and even by interfering with sleep. (23)

Many studies show that TV viewing is associated with greater calorie intake or poorer diet quality, (24–27) and there’s increasing evidence that food and beverage marketing on television may be responsible for the TV-obesity link. The effects of TV viewing on physical activity are much smaller than on diet, so they don’t seem to play as strong a role. Some research findings that support the food marketing-TV-obesity link:

The thousands of food-related TV ads that children and youth see each year are primarily for high-calorie, low-nutrient foods and drinks, according to a comprehensive review of the evidence by the Institute of Medicine (IOM). (28) Food marketing influences children’s food preferences and purchase requests, and marketers rely on this “pester power” to influence what parents buy.
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Another problem with this U.S. food industry approach is that there are no overarching nutrition standards for what constitutes a “healthy” food or drink-and the future of such standards is a matter of hot political debate. (35) In 2009, the U.S. Congress directed the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to form an Inter-agency Working Group on Food Marketed to Children, to develop voluntary nutrition standards for foods and drinks marketed to children, and also to define what types of marketing would be covered by the standards. But the proposed standards, released in April 2011, have been met by strong resistance from the food and beverage industry and have been stymied by Congress. (36)
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The Bottom Line: Limit TV and “Sit Time,” Increase “Fit Time” to Prevent Obesity

Overall, there is little doubt that time spent watching TV is an important risk factor for obesity-and a modifiable risk factor. There’s evidence that excessive marketing of unhealthy foods and beverages on television contributes to the TV-obesity link. It remains to be seen whether there’s enough political will to implement stronger regulations or a ban on junk food TV advertising to children, though such regulations, if implemented, would likely be effective-and cost effective. (48)
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