The shortest route to heart disease and diabetes

A recent study found that snacks that watch TV in the long run run a risk of heart disease and diabetes of 71%. "It is necessary to reduce the duration of television viewing, while avoiding unhealthy snacks, which increase the risk of metabolic syndrome," said Brazilian university researchers in Porto Alegre, led by Beatrice Chan. In this study, which focused on the risk of cardiovascular disease in schoolchildren, researchers tracked the data of 34,000 adolescents aged 12 to 17, 85% of whom had snacks before television and 64% used a computer or a video game. And after blood pressure measurements and tests of glucose, cholesterol and triglycerides in the blood. The results showed that 2.5% of those who spent 6 hours or more per day in front of the screens had a metabolic syndrome, while tests showed that they were 71% more likely to have the syndrome. than those who spent less time in front of the screens.