Friday, March 2, 2018

Fitness Friday

News Flash: Watching Too Much TV Isn't Healthy
Not-So-Surprising news that being sedentary leads to some poor side-effects in regards to your health.

It's pretty well-known knowledge by now that constant sedentary behavior will lead to some poor side-effects when it comes to our health. Recent research from the University of Minnesota has found that sedentary behavior that stems from watching TV too much leads to a higher occurrence of venous thromboembolism (VTE), which can be the result of blood clots forming due to the inactivity and negatively affecting the circulation of blood to the legs and feet. The study, led by lead researcher Yasuhiko Kubota, focused on a western population of middle-aged-to-older participants who part of the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study (ARIC).
The study looked at 15,158 American patients aged between 45 and 64 that were in the ARIC. The participants were initially asked about their health status, whether or not they exercised or smoked, and whether or not they were overweight. The participants were in regular contact with those directing the study, and by 2011 those directing the study reported that 691 of the participants had incidents of VTE. The researchers also found those who watched TV often in a sedentary setting, were 1.7 more times likely to have a VTE incident than those who rarely watched TV. The risk still remained high when weight and other health-risk factors and exercise were taken into account.
  

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