The longer you watch TV, the higher your chances of developing diabetes

  According to “Family Doctor”, people who love watching TV should pay attention, the longer you watch TV, the greater the chance of getting diabetes, this is the conclusion of the South City CDC through a three-year survey. The center recently announced the results of the survey showed that there is a significant positive relationship between the length of time people over the age of 35 watch television and the development of type II diabetes, that is, the longer they watch television, the greater the risk of type II diabetes.  According to Hong Xin, a chronic disease expert who led the study, the Nanjing CDC conducted a three-year follow-up survey of 4,058 residents in Nanjing who were 35 years old or older and had lived in the area for five years, starting in 2004. The survey showed that the average time spent watching TV in Nanjing was 2 hours a day. The proportion of those who spent more than 2 hours was 59.6%. After excluding the influencing factors such as family history, smoking, alcohol consumption, and physical activity, the risk of developing type II diabetes was increasing and the incidence rate was increasing as the time spent watching TV increased. The data showed that compared to those who watched TV for ≤7 hours/week, those who watched TV for 7.01-14 hours per week and those who watched TV for more than 14 hours per week had 77% and 114% increased risk of developing the disease, respectively.  As a major form of sedentary lifestyle, television viewing (including Internet access) is associated with abnormal blood glucose metabolism and the incidence of type II diabetes in adults, and it is recommended that people start to prevent the occurrence of type II diabetes by changing their lifestyles.