Research Highlights:
- A sedentary lifestyle such as watching TV (two or more hours daily) may be a key factor in the risk of developing heart and blood vessel diseases, according to an analysis of health records from a large U.K. biomedical database.
- People with higher genetic risk for Type 2 diabetes may be more likely to have a heart attack, stroke or other types of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. However, limiting TV watching to no more than one hour a day may help offset the increased risk of these atherosclerotic events associated with a high genetic risk of Type 2 diabetes.
- People who had high Type 2 diabetes genetic risk but who reported one hour or less daily of TV viewing had a relatively lower risk of developing atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease within the next 10 years…