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Studies show that watching television can shorten your life span. At DEPI Staffing, a healthcare recruitment provider, we like to share medical related news with our readers. Australian researchers find that each hour a day spent in front of the television is linked with an 18% greater risk of dying from cardiovascular disease and an 11% greater risk of all causes of death.

Watching television for hour upon hour obviously isn't the best way to spend leisure time. Inactivity has been linked to obesity and heart disease. A new study quantifies TV viewing's effect on risk of death. Researchers found that each hour a day spent watching television was linked with an 18% greater risk of dying from cardiovascular disease, an 11% greater risk of all causes of death, and a 9% increased risk of death from cancer.