Can Television affect your Health?

In today’s world when there are so many means of communication, television has become one of the strongest and effective means of entertainment and communication. In today’s place it has taken a place of like family member. It has extended its roots to many homes and everyone seems to be getting addicted to this.
But has anyone given a thought what negative this television is doing on one’s health or mind. You must be surprised that regular watch of television could do the harm to your health. A recent British report has pointed out towards this cause. According to the British Social Attitudes report, only 43 percent of those who said they were regular viewers claimed they are in good state of health. While in the same survey nearly 59 percent people who use to watch television rarely rated themselves as healthy.
The reason behind this is not solid and yet proved. But this can be seen in the way that your health major depends upon the fact that how active you are mentally and physically. While watching television one’s physical activities get reduced and he remains seated in a place for a long time. If one avoids sitting in a place and moves his body in between then his body can remain active. You can rotate your hands, shoulder also at the same time. You can add up few exercises also while watching television like rotating your hands, shoulders. At the same time can do your household chores also like cutting vegetables, meals preparation etc?
So in the ends it can be said that no means of entertainment is harmful. The way how you use it is responsible for your health. If you overly indulge yourself in any such activities than the end results can be known in advance.

We are advising you few activities here that you can involve in your daily life while watching television. Few of these are:
(1) Just stand erect. Rotate your arms in clockwise direction. Do it for 20 times. Then repeat the same in anti-clockwise direction. This way you can do hands exercise.
(2) Stand straight. Take your right leg and lift it at 45 degrees. Put it back. Repeat the same with the left leg. Do this for at least 5 times.
(3) Put your both hands in your waist. Rotate your waist in clockwise direction first then in anti-clockwise direction. Do this for 10 times at least.
(4) You can add breathing exercises too like deep inhaling and exhaling through lungs.

These are few only while the list is a long. You can add many others likes skipping, jogging etc. also depending upon your preferences. Do whatever but don’t sit in a place for a long time. Just do remember this thing that in a long runs its only health that will help you. If health is not there then nothing can be proved beneficial to you.


10 February 2009:
Can Television Really effects you:

Last time I had written on the harmful effects of television. This blog of mine is in continuity of that only. Later when I sat and read that, I realised that you can not blame one thing totally for the harm that has been caused to you. I had written about the effects that it can cause on society and one’s health both physically and mentally as well. But now today I want to write something in favour of this television.

Since a long time back, it has been human wish to conquer the world, to create something that not only create a feeling of closeness with rest of the world but can be helpful in his boring time.

Television is that strong electronic means of communication. This is made up of tele and vision two words. Tele means distant and vision is something related to view or see. So if say then it means seeing something distant. If you switch on television then you will find so many news channels. These channels can connect you with the world in no time. While sitting at one place you will feel like the world has come to your foot and you are roaming round the universe. There are so many news channels which display the current happenings in the world.

Other than this there are some knowledge spreading channels like Animal Kingdom, National Geographic, and Discovery Channels. These channels broadcast series of animals, nature and that period also when we were not born. We get to know many species which used to exist ever but now have vanished. Their vanishing is still a point of curiosity.

Everyone knows the love of kids towards cartoons. So television has captured their interest and launched so many channels which display cartoons. Many characters like Tom and Jerry, Mickey Mouse, Scooby, Ten Ben all have housed themselves in kids rooms. They have become best friends of kids.

Then who can forget the interesting serials of women and specially housewives. In India itself television has captured this interest and have started showing so many serials all those which are women oriented. Few of them are which had been very popular and created history in the Indian cinema are “Kyonki Saas Bhi kabhi Bahu Thi”, “Kahanai Ghar Ghar Ki.” Etc. Who can forget the characters like “Baa”, “Parvati”, “Tulsi ” in those serials who not only put the moral values in youngsters but also gave importance to the modern changes that modern society needs.
We get to see many health related Ads and serials which tell us that what should we do while emergency or fitness tips also. Television provides us information on weight loss, body training, child care, beauty care etc.

These are very few advantages of Television as if we see then there are too many others also.