{
  "id": 969033,
  "title": "Too much TV in middle age linked to poorer brain health decades later, study finds",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/too-much-tv-in-middle-age-linked-to-poorer-brain-health-decades-later",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-14T20:35:18.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Ynetnews Culture",
    "slug": "ynetnews-culture",
    "url": "https://www.ynetnews.com/health_science/article/rj47gnkugl"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Researchers followed 1,712 adults for about 24 years and found frequent TV viewing was associated with smaller brain regions and more white-matter abnormalities, while prolonged sitting at work showed a different pattern; the study does not prove TV caused the changes",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}