Sitting in front of TV may be worse for health than desk job

It also depends on what is being watched, one study years ago pointed out that watching violence suppresses the immune system and (though this was not in the study), probably increases depression and paranoia. Also, watching Fox news can make you STUPID, so much so that one can believe that Hillary Clinton was running a child-sex ring from the basement if a pizza restaurant, or that there were airplanes during the revolutionary war (think about how many Trumpteers were nodding their heads when this was said). Just saying.