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Lose Weight & Live Longer -- Give Your Television Away

From the Harvard School of Public Health, comes another study that found that watching lots of television is a predictor for obesity and Type 2 diabetes.

. . . we have demonstrated that increasing TV watching is strongly associated with obesity and weight gain, independent of diet and exercise. Also, prolonged TV watching is associated with a significantly increased risk of type 2 diabetes.

If you aren't moving, you're atrophying.
Posted on Wednesday, February 20, 2008 at 09:09 by Registered CommenterLibby | CommentsPost a Comment

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