Video Games are Making Kids Fat and Lazy

Video Games are Making Kids Fat and Lazy

Ranga14 by Ranga14 on Apr 06, 2010 @ 09:36 AM (Staff Bios)
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Video Games are Making Kids Fat and Lazy

The World Health Organization says nearly a third of Earth's kids are not getting enough exercise, and video games are part of the problem according to a new article released. I believe I can somewhat agree with this assessment and the one below;

Nearly third of children globally are couch potatoes


And this is even more shocking;

Children who spent three or more hours a day watching TV, playing computer games, or chatting with friends -- aside from time in school or time spent doing homework -- were classified as sedentary. The researchers found only one quarter of the boys and 15 percent of the girls were getting enough exercise by these definitions.


Read the rest: https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE62S5F920100329

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