An Added Benefit

Good news regarding my decreased television habits (I nap for about an hour while the kids watch tv, rarely watching that or anything else), from the NYTimes Well blog:

“Compared to watching television, you burn more calories reading, writing, doing desk work — pretty much any activity other than sleeping,” Dr. Otten said. “The main finding is that if you turn off the TV, you may burn more calories without really thinking too much about it.”