Cutting TV time to 1 hour a day good for your heart

LIMITING time spent in front of the TV to one hour or less a day may cut your danger of suffering a heart attack or stroke, a study suggests.

- By Hanna Geissler

Having a sedentary lifestyle and spending too long sitting down is known to be a major risk factor for heart disease.

Researchers in Hong Kong reviewed data from almost 350,000 Britons with an average age of 56.

Those who watched two hours or more of telly per day were 12% more likely to develop heart disease involving the build-up of plaques in arteries.