Men who are `couch potatoes` and spend a lot of time watching TV are more ...
(World News Science)

Men who are `couch potatoes` - those spending a lot of time watching TV - are more likely to want to be muscular and hit the gym, a study has found. Experts found that men from wealthy western countries like the UK are more motivated to workout than their Nicaraguan and Ugandan counterparts. However, in all three countries, men that watch more television - and are therefore exposed more to images of idealised bodies - wanted to be muscular more. Men who are `couch potatoes` - those spending a lot of time watching TV - are more likely to want to be muscular and hit the gym, a study has found Psychologist Tracey Thornborrow of the University of Lincoln and colleagues examined British men`s...