Study shows: Those who watch TV longer have to go to the toilet more often at night. 32 percent of participants said they suffered from nocturia.
This refers to the urge to wake up two or more times a night and have to urinate. The risk was 48 percent higher among those who spent five or more hours a day watching television. The knowledge gained was new for the researchers and had apparently never been found in a study before. It cannot be conclusively proven that prolonged television viewing is the cause. Nevertheless, “increasing public awareness of this potential health risk is encouraging individuals to make better use of their television and/or video time,” writes the team.