Nightly News   |  August 16, 2011

Smoking, obesity, TV?

Every hour spent watching TV was estimated to lower life expectancy by nearly 22 minutes for those 25 and older, according to a study by researchers at the University of Queensland in Australia. NBC’s Brian Williams reports

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>>> to assure you right now you're in no danger in fact, you're doing a good thing right now and will be richer for the experience, watching a lot of experience shortens your lifespan, at least that's the conclusion of a big new study out of australia that says for each hour of tv you watch over the age of 25, it takes 22 minutes off your life at the end of life . put another way, one researcher said this puts tv in the same category as smoking and obesity t can speed up a premature death by five years if you're a dedicated tv viewer, which must be why i never make plans for the weekend.