In a provocative look at the impact of sedentary behavior on health, a new study links time watching television to an increased risk of death.

新近一项研究以全新的视角探查了坐姿对健康的影响，认为看电视过多会导致死亡风险增高。

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However, since people would probably rather downplay how much TV they actually watch, the study is more likely to have underestimated the TV-death risk than overestimated it, the researchers say.

尽管如此，研究人员说，因为人们也许宁愿少说真正看电视的时间，这项研究更可能低估了看电视死亡风险而不会高估它。

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That 19-year study of nearly 39, 000 women linked supplement use to a higher risk of death.

该研究选取了39,000名女性，历时近19年，发现服用维生素补充剂的女性死亡的风险更高。

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And another study has linked each hour of watching television daily to an eighteen percent increased risk of death from heart disease.

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Needless to say, the satisfaction of John Milton, Sr. will have to be postponed to the great hereafter. He will not be able to reap the profit of his investment in his son's study until not only after his own death, but of course after his son's death as well. That's Milton's logic here.

这个名字已经历经了好几个世纪，不用怀疑,弥尔顿父亲的赔偿会继续延续下去,但他却不能在有生之年享受到他对儿子支持的回报，在弥尔顿死后也一样享受不到，这就是弥尔顿的逻辑。

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"A lot of folks will study things to death, but we try it first to see if it works, " says Jonny.

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