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    Jul 10, 2019 5 minutes
    TV WATCHING HAS BEEN LINKED TO AN INCREASED RISK OF OBESITY

    The average Australian home has around six screens – from televisions and tablets to smartphones. Together these allow us to consume a never-ending diet of programs. Last year, the Australian Video Viewing Report found we watch an average two hours and 27 minutes of live TV and recorded TV content each day – that’s almost 75 hours a week spent in front of a screen.

    Too much TV viewing has been linked to a range of poor health issues – primarily due to the fact that watching TV usually means spending hours sitting down. And this has been linked to an increased risk of obesity, diabetes and colorectal cancer. Researchers at the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute in Melbourne have also made a link between the amount

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