Summary:
Binge watching is loved by every introvert who wants to stay in bed all day, cutting all social connections, or the ones who swear by every geeky stuff available in every parallel space. But binge watching is not as harmless as it may seem. No, it not get you behind those glasses but makes you vulnerable to diseases like cancer.
Bowel cancer is one of the most commonly diagnosed cancers in men across the world. In 2015, the UK witnessed 41,800 new cases of bowel cancer.
Recently researchers analyzed the data from more than half a million men and women. After six years of following-up, 2,391 people developed bowel cancer. The researchers from International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), Imperial College London and the University of Oxford in the UK additionally inspected the data to find an uncanny link between sedentary behaviour and bowel cancer.
The ones who were found to be more active physically had lesser probability of developing colon cancer.
What is the connection between TV and bowel cancer?
In the study, the men who used to spend less time in front of the TV sets were less likely to develop bowel cancer. But the study could not establish an undeviating connection between binge watching and the risk of bowel cancer.
Neil Murphy, lead researcher based at IARC said, “Previous research suggests that watching TV may be associated with other behaviours, such as smoking, drinking and snacking more, and we know that these things can increase the risk of bowel cancer”.
He further added that having a sedentary life is also linked with weight gain and increasing body fat which possibly will result in the change in the hormones blood levels and other chemicals which go on to affect the cell growth and may result in the elevated the risk of bowel cancer.
Why men have to face the risk and not women?
As per the Bauld, `men who keep sitting in front of the television sets for long hours have an elevated chance of bowel cancer but that doesn’t happen in case of women` is quite attention-grabbing. Though the study didn`t peer into it directly, she considered that the behaviour of men watching TV might be an important factor. For example, men may smoke, drink and eat food that is bad for health, than women while watching TV.
Linda Bauld, Cancer Research UK`s prevention expert said, "This study poses interesting questions such as why screen time from computers did not increase the risk of bowel cancer but watching TV did".
She further added: There is evidence that greater exposure to TV junk food adverts increases the likelihood of eating more, which will also increase your chances of becoming overweight.
Binge watching is loved by every introvert who wants to stay in bed all day, cutting all social connections, or the ones who swear by every geeky stuff available in every parallel space. But binge watching is not as harmless as it may seem. No, it not get you behind those glasses but makes you vulnerable to diseases like cancer.
Bowel cancer is one of the most commonly diagnosed cancers in men across the world. In 2015, the UK witnessed 41,800 new cases of bowel cancer.
Recently researchers analyzed the data from more than half a million men and women. After six years of following-up, 2,391 people developed bowel cancer. The researchers from International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), Imperial College London and the University of Oxford in the UK additionally inspected the data to find an uncanny link between sedentary behaviour and bowel cancer.
The ones who were found to be more active physically had lesser probability of developing colon cancer.
What is the connection between TV and bowel cancer?
In the study, the men who used to spend less time in front of the TV sets were less likely to develop bowel cancer. But the study could not establish an undeviating connection between binge watching and the risk of bowel cancer.
Neil Murphy, lead researcher based at IARC said, “Previous research suggests that watching TV may be associated with other behaviours, such as smoking, drinking and snacking more, and we know that these things can increase the risk of bowel cancer”.
He further added that having a sedentary life is also linked with weight gain and increasing body fat which possibly will result in the change in the hormones blood levels and other chemicals which go on to affect the cell growth and may result in the elevated the risk of bowel cancer.
Why men have to face the risk and not women?
As per the Bauld, `men who keep sitting in front of the television sets for long hours have an elevated chance of bowel cancer but that doesn’t happen in case of women` is quite attention-grabbing. Though the study didn`t peer into it directly, she considered that the behaviour of men watching TV might be an important factor. For example, men may smoke, drink and eat food that is bad for health, than women while watching TV.
Linda Bauld, Cancer Research UK`s prevention expert said, "This study poses interesting questions such as why screen time from computers did not increase the risk of bowel cancer but watching TV did".
She further added: There is evidence that greater exposure to TV junk food adverts increases the likelihood of eating more, which will also increase your chances of becoming overweight.
Binge watching is loved by every introvert who wants to stay in bed all day, cutting all social connections, or the ones who swear by every geeky stuff available in every parallel space. But binge watching is not as harmless as it may seem. No, it not get you behind those glasses but makes you vulnerable to diseases like cancer.
Bowel cancer is one of the most commonly diagnosed cancers in men across the world. In 2015, the UK witnessed 41,800 new cases of bowel cancer.
Recently researchers analyzed the data from more than half a million men and women. After six years of following-up, 2,391 people developed bowel cancer. The researchers from International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), Imperial College London and the University of Oxford in the UK additionally inspected the data to find an uncanny link between sedentary behaviour and bowel cancer.
The ones who were found to be more active physically had lesser probability of developing colon cancer.
What is the connection between TV and bowel cancer?
In the study, the men who used to spend less time in front of the TV sets were less likely to develop bowel cancer. But the study could not establish an undeviating connection between binge watching and the risk of bowel cancer.
Neil Murphy, lead researcher based at IARC said, “Previous research suggests that watching TV may be associated with other behaviours, such as smoking, drinking and snacking more, and we know that these things can increase the risk of bowel cancer”.
He further added that having a sedentary life is also linked with weight gain and increasing body fat which possibly will result in the change in the hormones blood levels and other chemicals which go on to affect the cell growth and may result in the elevated the risk of bowel cancer.
Why men have to face the risk and not women?
As per the Bauld, `men who keep sitting in front of the television sets for long hours have an elevated chance of bowel cancer but that doesn’t happen in case of women` is quite attention-grabbing. Though the study didn`t peer into it directly, she considered that the behaviour of men watching TV might be an important factor. For example, men may smoke, drink and eat food that is bad for health, than women while watching TV.
Linda Bauld, Cancer Research UK`s prevention expert said, "This study poses interesting questions such as why screen time from computers did not increase the risk of bowel cancer but watching TV did".
She further added: There is evidence that greater exposure to TV junk food adverts increases the likelihood of eating more, which will also increase your chances of becoming overweight.