I don't think people should be giving importance to such half baked news. The link does not provide detail about the studies apart from conclusion that watching t.v for more than three hours could lead to premature death. for instance, the detail about the people under study, their life style and the probable mechanism which could relate death and watching television etc are not mentioned. and as many readers had pointed out watching television and viewing television means the same thing. We cannot even ascertain the authenticity of the study

The only plausible reason I see here is that watching TV for straight 3-4 hours or more leads to inactivity and people when watching TV for such a long time usually sit sloppily with shoulders hunched and much on oily snacks while doing so. That and lack of exercise does tend to increase blood pressure, weight gain etc. and thus short lifespan. As to the authenticity of study, that does leave some questions unanswered.

I don't think people should be giving importance to such half baked news. The link does not provide detail about the studies apart from conclusion that watching t.v for more than three hours could lead to premature death. for instance, the detail about the people under study, their life style and the probable mechanism which could relate death and watching television etc are not mentioned. and as many readers had pointed out watching television and viewing television means the same thing. We cannot even ascertain the authenticity of the study

The only plausible reason I see here is that watching TV for straight 3-4 hours or more leads to inactivity and people when watching TV for such a long time usually sit sloppily with shoulders hunched and much on oily snacks while doing so. That and lack of exercise does tend to increase blood pressure, weight gain etc. and thus short lifespan. As to the authenticity of study, that does leave some questions unanswered.

I agree. Unlike internet, TV is not interactive. Moreover, the channels give too less material in too much time. I am sure that a regular TV watcher becomes very dull. They will communicate a message worth for two minutes in two hours wit innumerable breaks.

I believe constantly sitting and working on a laptop or computer can also prove detrimental for the human race irrespective of productive or unproductive work that we do. The underlying message that these group of scientists wish to convey it that go out and exercise, even when we are working in a office set up we should get up take a walk and come back to resume. Sitting for long hours infront of a tv/computer/laptop make people obese - hence we should work out!