Every hour spent watching TV, DVDs and videos as an adult reduces life expectancy by almost 22 minutes, a study suggests. And viewing TV for an average of six hours a day can cut short your life by five years.

一項(xiàng)研究指出，成年人每看一小時(shí)電視、DVD或視頻就會(huì)減少22分鐘的壽命。每天平均看6小時(shí)電視會(huì)減壽5年。

The research claims that a sedentary lifestyle is as bad for health as smoking and obesity, because of the dangers posed by inactivity and the greater opportunities it offers for unhealthy eating.

該研究稱，久坐的生活方式就跟抽煙和肥胖一樣有害身體健康。因?yàn)榫米鴷?huì)對(duì)健康造成威脅，也會(huì)增加不良飲食的機(jī)率。

The academics conducting the study set out to calculate the overall risk to life expectancy from watching television. Their research involved more than 11,000 people over the age of 25.

學(xué)者們開展此項(xiàng)研究的目的是為了估算看電視對(duì)壽命的總體風(fēng)險(xiǎn)。他們的研究對(duì)象涵蓋了年齡在25歲以上的1.1萬多人。

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