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Too much TV, too little physical activity up risk of walking disability

Older adults who watched more than five hours of TV daily and reported three or fewer hours per week of physical activity had more than a three-fold increased risk of being unable to walk or having difficulty walking by the end of a study that ran for close to 10 years.

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