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A recent study has revealed that too much time behind screens can lead to a shorter lifetime. It was studied at the Journal of American College of Cardiology. When you spend four extra curricular hours in front of a screen each day, the likelihood of heart attacks and strokes increase by 113%, with the death rate 50% more likely. This may serve as a wake up call.

4,500 Scottish adults were investigated and queried about their social lives. Their time in front of screens was observed. Emmanuel Stamatakis, the report’s leading author, said “Assuming that leisure-time screen time is a representative indicator of overall sitting, our results lend support to the idea that prolonged sitting is linked to an increased risk for cardiovascular disease and premature mortality. Doing some exercise every day may not compensate for the damage done during very long periods of screen time”.

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OMO,.. O_O. gosh,..


and i wanted to live long~ darn it! D: lol


Let’s proof them wrong! Or maybe just stop using the PC too much… OTL


OUCH. Reality really hurts. :| I want to live long *sigh guess I need to stay away from the laptop more


dang well I guess I’m screwed. I’m always on my computer.


darn ..... why?
ahh guess I need to cut back on the time I spend on the cpu :(


oh.. 113% and 50%? that’s a really scary number
good thing i don’t get to go on the computer as much because of school


That’s scary. I guess I should start going on the computer less.


that’s a very scary idea ,,
i spend so much time in front of the computer screen ..
and if i’m not using the computer then i use my mobile ,.or watch TV ,.
but it’s only cause i study using my computer too
omg ,.i need to exercise more and use the computer less ..
and study less too raspberry ,. that’s the good part haha
thanks for the information Susie smile !!


hmm in front of screens? does that include computer screens? i guess i need to spend less time in front of both


ooh, that’s not good :/ i spend a lot of my time in front of my computer screen


OMG! Scary...I should do increase my exercise time then.



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