5 ways TV is harmful to your health

Long hours in front of the tube might increase your risk of an early death. How, exactly, can your TV kill you?

Watching TV can be curb early childhood development and, as adults, those hours in front of the boob-tube can increase a person's risk of heart disease.
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Americans log an average of five hours in front of their TV sets each day, and researchers say that's enough to send them to an early grave. A new study finds that for every two hours of television per day, a viewer's risk of an early death rises by 13 percent. The chances of diabetes jumps by 20 percent, and the risk of heart disease increases by 15 percent. Here's a look at five other ways you're taking your life in your hands when you turn on the TV:

1. It causes sleeplessness

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