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What do you think of this new study?

Spending your days in front of the television may contribute to a shortened lifespan, a new study suggests.

Researchers in Australia found that people who averaged six hours a day of TV lived, on average, nearly five years less than people who watched no TV.

For every hour of television watched after age 25, lifespan fell by 22 minutes, according to the research led by Dr. J. Lennert Veerman of the University of Queensland.

~Sharon

Watching TV long time is harmful for our body.Mostly it is very dangerous problem for children.

What happened to family time and reading a good book?

Ironically when I shorten my time spent in front of the television I put that time in front of my computer.

My dad has probably spent more than half his life in front of a television. When he has free time he almost always just do that. He even sometimes go straight to his television when he gets up before going to the bathroom. Do not ask him what he just saw and heard because he often watches without watching. Sometimes he looks like a zombie with his mouth opened staring straight at his television.

Still it is a good way to pass the time but of course we have to not go crazy about it.