How Binge Watching Can Negatively Affect a Person’s Health

With slew of on-demand television and gaming services available on the market, asapScience addressed the very common practice of binge watching and how doing so can affect a person’s health, starting from childhood.

People who watch less TV tend to burn more calories even if they aren’t doing more physical activity. Simply doing more mentally rigorous tasks like reading, playing aboard game or simple household activities requires more energy and burns more calories.

Lori Dorn
Lori Dorn

Lori is a Laughing Squid Contributing Editor based in New York City who has been writing blog posts for over a decade. She also enjoys making jewelry, playing guitar, taking photos and mixing craft cocktails.