Too much time in front of the TV during middle age may be harmful to brain health, with new research linking heavy viewing habits to changes associated with Alzheimer's disease.
Published in Alzheimer’s & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association, the study followed more than 1,700 adults for nearly 24 years to examine whether midlife TV habits were linked to brain health later in life. Participants reported their viewing habits in their early 50s, and decades later, researchers used MRI scans in their mid-70s to identify brain changes associated with aging and Alzheimer’s disease.
