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America's favorite pastime- is watching TV- with an abbundance of Jenny Craigs, and other weight loss programs in America- its amazing that people don't realize - Its time to get off your ass and do something besides watch TV. I will talk about... (personal experience, health benefits, mind benefits) What made me think to do a speech on this is that I just moved and decided not to get cable hooked up, because I'd spend way to much time watchin stupid shows, and not doing stuff that I'd rather do like mountain biking, or kayaking, and since I don't have TV now I cant just Veg on the TV set, I gotta do stuff, and it's nice.
I don't think that most people are to dumb, or uninteresting to have fun on their own, and we all do sometimes, But to much were tuning in to TV and opening ourselfes up to swallow other peoples mindless thoughts and ideas. So- The next time you find yourself sitting on the couch watching pointless shows- Turn the dam thing off. org - The executive director of public health states that "Americans watch TV the equivalent of 56 days- nonstop- per year" If our lives are so uninteresting that we spend 56 whole days a year watching TV to achieve our entertainment, then we are really pathetic. According to the article- Warning: too much TV is Hazardous- in the april 2001 edition of Running and FitNews- "Americans spend 40% of leisure time watching TV" and the article explains that obesity, aggression, violence, and other bad things are brought on by excessive TV watching. " an estimated 38,000 males who watched more than 3 hours of TV a day were found to have double the risk compared to men who watched an hour or less" All kinds of things, from laziness to a decreased imagination are brought on by watching to much TV. Theres so much better stuff to do, and you really will feel good about yourself if you find the time to go hiking, or go to the beach, or whatever it is you like to do. V can effect our health- yes- According to the article in better nutrition(june 2002)- watching TV and type 2 diabetes are linked. Families used to play games togeather, and talk, but now fourty percent of families watch TV while eating dinner, and instead of talking or finding stuff to do togeather - a lot of time is spent absorbing the TV. How much satisfasction do youi really get by watching fictiopnal people on TV achieve goals, or just act dumb to entertain us.
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