How can sitting for long hours be healthy? It slows metabolism and can cause heart disease, cancer, blood clots, and deep vein thrombosis. Binge-watchers are prone to sitting on the couch eating unhealthy food and snacking more, which is linked to weight gain.
It is also related to poor sleep quality, more fatigue, and insomnia, because of pre-sleep arousal. Heavy users have the least dietary patterns and hence have a high frequency of fast-food consumption as well as eating family meals in front of a television, and perceived stress

The popularity of bingeing shows makes social media a minefield of spoilers for people who haven’t had time to finish a new season and a lack of agreement over when the spoiler embargo should be lifted causes rifts among shows’ fanbases.