As
a result of various researches, it is found that the people over the age of 50
who watch Television continuously for more than 5 hours are at a bigger risk of
developing a walking disability. These people had 65 % greater risk of
reporting a mobility disability, in contrast with those who watched television
for less than 2 hours each day. Watching Television in evening can be
particularly harmful to health as it is not broken up with short period of
movement, as compared with sitting throughout the day.
One
of the famous author, Loretta DiPietro from the George Washington University
said “Television viewing is a very potent risk factor for disability in older
age.” She also said “We've engineered physical activity out of our modern life
with commuting, the internet, elevators, mobile phones and a lifestyle that frequently
includes 14 hours of sitting per day.”
People
who are young in age may be able to get away with sitting for long time because
they are stronger physiologically. In the study, the team analyzed data which
kept track of men as well as women aged between 50 to 71 from 6 states and two
urban areas. The people participated in the study were healthy when the study
begins. The research team record that participants how much watch TV, do
physical activity, exercise or gardening during the starting of the research
and then followed all the participants for over 10 years.
As
per the Research team, the rising levels of overall sitting and TV time in
arrangement with low (3 hours each week or less) physical activity were
particularly harmful, resulting in speeding up of risk. They also said that in
all levels of physical activity, increasing time in viewing TV also increased
the possibility of a walking disability in a dose-response way.
Some
more studies have found that sitting too much is a hazard for the health of older
people who meet up the moderate-to-vigorous strength physical activity rules of
at least 150 minutes each week. But distinct this study, prior research did not
follow people prospectively over a long time and did not believe the joint
impact of both sitting time and physical activity.
