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Weight Loss Forum / General Topics / May 2007Television viewing and obesity in adult females.
We measured the relation between time spent watching television per week and obesity in 4,771 adult females. After controlling for age, education, cigarette smoking, length of work week, and weekly duration of exercise, females who reported three to four hours of TV viewing per day showed almost twice the prevalence of obesity (body fat greater than 30 percent), and those who reported more than four hours of TV watching per day showed more than double the prevalence of obesity, compared to the reference group (less than 1 hr/day). Part of the TV/obesity association was a function of differences in exercise duration among the four TV viewing categories Full text is available as a scanned copy of the original print version. Get a printable copy (PDF file) of the complete article (2.7M), http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/picrender.fcgi?artid=1405200&blobtype=pdf. > We measured the relation between time spent watching television per > week and obesity in 4,771 adult females. After controlling for age, [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > version. Get a printable copy (PDF file) of the complete article > (2.7M), http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/picrender.fcgi?artid=1405200&blobtype=pdf. They're not watching too much television, they're eating too much. "While people watch TV, physical activity tends to be minimal and snacking is prevalent." They could read a book, listen to music, talk on the phone or surf the web for the same amount of time and yield the same results. Since that's the case should we ban books, destroy all CDs, disable telephones and shut down the Internet as well? All sedentary activities must be banned since 4,771 adult females couldn't figure out why they were getting fat on their own. Unbelievable ...  SignatureCheese http://cheesensweets.com/contacts/cheese.php I used to eat munchy/crunchy stuff, while watching TV. All the food shown on TV has to have some effect on a person. >> We measured the relation between time spent watching television per >> week and obesity in 4,771 adult females. After controlling for age, [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > 4,771 adult females couldn't figure out why they were getting fat on their > own. Unbelievable ... >I used to eat munchy/crunchy stuff, while watching TV. > > All the food shown on TV has to have some effect on a person. I think the point of all this is not to ban stuff on TV. Rather, getting folks to realize that watching TV is a mindless enterprise and that it is far too easy to eat a whole box of potato crisps while watching (been there many times). The choice has to be made by the individual to want to change and not to do it by banning things. Joe 357/328/220 >>I used to eat munchy/crunchy stuff, while watching TV. >> [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Joe 357/328/220 Yes, exactly. Just because I used to eat mindlessly while reading and got fat does not mean we should ban all books! It means I need to break that bad habit. Before the watching of the TV... someone made the choice to buy and bring the munchy/crunchies into the house in the first place. Once the junk food is in the house, chances are it would get eaten at some point with or without the TV being involved. SignatureCynthia 262/244/152 > Yes, exactly. Just because I used to eat mindlessly while reading and > got fat does not mean we should ban all books! It means I need to > break that bad habit. People seek to blame things, because it is easier than pointing the finger in the mirror. > Before the watching of the TV... someone made the choice to buy and > bring the munchy/crunchies into the house in the first place. Once the > junk food is in the house, chances are it would get eaten at some > point with or without the TV being involved. Agreed. We got ourselves into this, we'll have to get ourselves out. It starts with recognizing the root problem and taking steps to address it. And there is no end to the story. Lifestyle change is: our own journal of wellness that we will add a page to every day - for the rest of our lives. Reading this ng has given me strength and hope and renewed passion to make the change that I was ready for. Joe 357/328/220 who made himself fat through poor habits. >> Yes, exactly. Just because I used to eat mindlessly while reading and >> got fat does not mean we should ban all books! It means I need to [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Joe 357/328/220 who made himself fat through poor habits. Boy, you said it. I had really poor habits. Some good ones though, I always liked vegetables! But too many chips, dip, breads and Reese's peanut butter cups and too much sitting about got me fat. SignatureCynthia 262/244/152 > I used to eat munchy/crunchy stuff, while watching TV. > [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] >> 4,771 adult females couldn't figure out why they were getting fat on their >> own. Unbelievable ... If that were the case, I'd be rich from penny stocks, skinny from diet pills and have a 24 hour erection from generic Viagra since I'm bombarded with spam emails advertising those items almost as often as food advertisements cross my television. Don't seem to have a problem resisting any of the above... Fix the mind and the body will follow. SignatureCheese http://cheesensweets.com/contacts/cheese.php Well, You are mixing apples and oranges. The spams for penny stocks and weightloss pills do not remind one of an ongoing physical need. The spams with dirty pictures might have an effect, if there was a line-up of naked women waiting in the kitchen. If I'm dieting seriously, I'm a bit caloricaly restricted. Spacing small meals out through the day can help prevent hunger. However, a TV commercial crafted to display food in an enticing way can cause stomach discomfort, and a sense of hunger 30 minutes or an hour before it would have happened naturally. It seems we disagree. >> I used to eat munchy/crunchy stuff, while watching TV. >> [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] > > Fix the mind and the body will follow. > Well, > You are mixing apples and oranges. The spams for penny stocks and [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > It seems we disagree. What about a Cooking Light magazine? SignatureCheese http://cheesensweets.com/contacts/cheese.php > Well, > You are mixing apples and oranges. The spams for penny stocks and [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > It seems we disagree. Well... one can always flip to another channel to avoid the commercial. Or turn off the TV. Or grab a glass of water or plan to have some healthy low-cal snacks reserved for TV time. Or be sure to eat one's alloted dinner before TV watching. In other words, if you know food ads make you hungry... strategize ways to work around it in advance. One does not have to go willingly to the advertisement slaughter, LOL! It's kind of like knowing there's a party you have to attend... with tons of enticing food. Seeing and SMELLING that is probably going to make you hungry, and possibly make you overeat unless you come up with a strategy for it. SignatureCynthia 262/243/152 |
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