Video, heart disease and young people
Tags: VIDEO games -- Physiological aspects; TELEVISION viewing -- Physiological aspects; HEART diseases -- Risk factors
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- 60 SECONDS. // New Scientist;2/9/2013, Vol. 217 Issue 2903, p7
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- Television viewing time and reduced life expectancy: a life table analysis. Veerman, J. Lennert; Healy, Genevieve N.; Cobiac, Linda J.; Vos, Theo; Winkler, Elisabeth A. H.; Owen, Neville; Dunstan, David W. // British Journal of Sports Medicine;Oct2012, Vol. 46 Issue 12, Special section p1
Background Prolonged television (TV) viewing time is unfavourably associated with mortality outcomes, particularly for cardiovascular disease, but the impact on life expectancy has not been quantified. The authors estimate the extent to which TV viewing time reduces life expectancy in Australia,...
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The article presents the insights of several individuals including Bianca T., Andrea D., and Megan B., concerning the impact of watching television in the brain development of children aging from 8 months to 8 years old.
- Seminal Research. Butterworth, Trevor // Newsweek;2/15/2013, Vol. 161 Issue 7, p1
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