What is the Safe Limit of TV Viewing Before It Increases Dementia Risk?

If you’re anything like me, you’ll find nothing more soothing than settling in to watch your favourite series after a long day (Ugly Betty, I owe you my life).

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But it turns out that watching too much telly can not only be bad for your physical health – it could affect your long-term brain health too.

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A study named Television Viewing and Cognitive Decline in Older Age: Findings from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing looked into the links between settling down with a good box set and dementia. After all, “there has been significant interest in the effects of television on cognition in children, but much less research has been carried out into the effects in older adults,” they said.

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The researchers set out to “explore longitudinal associations between baseline television watching and cognition 6 years later while controlling for demographic factors, socio-economic status, depression, physical health, health behaviours and a range of other sedentary behaviours.”

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And I’m warning you: if you’re a telly lover, you might want to adjust your set right about now.

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