How Does Binge Watching Affect Society

A few years ago I’d come home with one focus, to watch as much t.v. as possible before I was sent to bed, and whilst that may have only been 3 hours at the most the premise was still there. I was addicted to the screen, unable to stop. I became more tired and irritable as my focus each weekend was simple. Watch as many hours of t.v. as I could.
Binge-watching, the word of the year according to the Collins Dictionary, is defined as watching a large number of television programmes in succession. We’ve all done it, and we’ve all been caught by their cliff hanger endings. But no one really knows how it affects us. Sitting around for hours, by yourself, it’s far from healthy. Over the past few years’ binge-watching has risen from the fringes of society to become one of the main ways many of us consume media content. Binge-watching affects your mental, physical and emotional health as well as your viewing experience.
It seems like the perfect way to relax, but what happens after the binge. There are a range of consequences for what seems like only a couple of hours of innocent Television. Some feel depressed or anxious, whilst others are reported to have increased chances of diabetes or obesity.
One man said he felt, “tired, irritable and didn’t want to …show more content…
Sitting around has never been considered a healthy lifestyle choice especially for extended periods of time. And several studies have found that sitting for more than an hour has several impacts on a person health and well-being. This is causes a biochemical change where glucose is deposited in fat rather than muscle. Which means that our energy isn’t being used very efficiently and that those who binge-watch are at a greater risk of diabetes, coronary heart diseases and obesity as well as several other chronic illnesses. Not moving around for extend times has also been known to cause “tired, irritable and didn’t want to go