TV and Obesity

I just read this on the net and had to copy and paste it here. I always thought I watched tv because I was fat, maybe I was fat because I watched tv. Every major study has found a strong relationship between TV watching and obesity. According to research in the Journal of the American Medical Association, for every two-hour increase in TV watching there's a 23 percent increase in obesity and a 14 percent increase in the risk of diabetes. And it's not only because you spend time zoning instead of exercising.  TV rewires you to be a passive spectator rather than an active participant in life. It also exposes you to thousands of commercials for junk foods, many of which you consume while watching. Pick a few of your favorite programs and the rest of the time step away from the couch. pan head

Spent a week in Denver recently with no tv or internet access(by choice) not only was I way more active adn did I get more done I felt better about everything adn I actually lost 5-6 Lbs while in Denver. I think the altitude may have something to do with that, I barely ate anything

TV, the great anesthetic.  If you have kids, here's an easy experiment that works every time; turn off the tv and then watch them actually interact....talk to each other, play games, run around....it's amazing!

Personally, I think spending hours in front of a computer is worse then a TV. My wife says that I gained a ton of weight since we bought my PC about 7 years ago. I spent hours on it. Since the surgery, I maybe spend about 1/2 hour on it before I go to bed.