Letter by Katz Regarding Article, “Television Viewing Time and Mortality: The Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle Study (AusDiab)” | Zendy

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Letter by Katz Regarding Article, “Television Viewing Time and Mortality: The Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle Study (AusDiab)”

Author(s) -

Alan R. Katz

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

circulation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795

H-Index - 607

eISSN - 1524-4539

pISSN - 0009-7322

DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.110.940916

Subject(s) - medicine , waist , obesity , confounding , gerontology , diabetes mellitus , overweight , population , demography , environmental health , endocrinology , sociology

I read with great interest the recent study by Dunstan and colleagues1 purportedly demonstrating that prolonged television viewing increased the risk of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality “independent of traditional risk factors such as smoking, blood pressure, cholesterol, and diet, as well as leisure-time exercise and waist circumference.”With only a …

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