Researchers say watching Television (TV) for no more than one hour a day may lower the risk of heart attack, stroke and other blood vessel diseases, otherwise known as Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease (ASCVD).

The university researchers said this development occurs among people with varying levels of genetic risk for Type 2 diabetes.

This was contained in a report published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, entitled: “Genetic Susceptibility to Type 2 Diabetes, Television Viewing, and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk.”

The researchers, led by Mengyao Wang, were drawn from the School of Public Health, University of Hong Kong and Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge.