New Study: Average gamer is overweight + depressed - Page 6

On August 19 2009 09:30 micronesia wrote:
People who like videogames become 'fat' and introverted? Or, people who tend to be 'fat' and introverted also like videogames? I see no reason to think it's one over the other, but the link isn't surprising.

On August 19 2009 09:55 Caller wrote:

You fucking retards.

Seattle has a really fucking high suicide rate because its rainy and depressing.
learn to account for independent variables better you fucking shitty methodology morons.
even if you "differentiated between players and nonplayers" isn't it obvious that the fact that the high internet usage in Seattle and Tacoma is because its rainy and miserable?

On August 20 2009 04:22 ReTrooper wrote:
Do we want to end like this?



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On August 20 2009 04:56 Astray wrote:


Rofl.

On August 20 2009 04:31 heyoka wrote:
This is really just a study to measure the effects an article can have on one demographic and their internet communities

y'all just got meta'd by msnbc.

On August 19 2009 17:33 Fontong wrote:

Haha this is like the story of every study ever

-_-

I'm pretty fat*. Ask anyone who knows me.

*when compared to rural chinese

On August 27 2009 11:30 wok wrote:
I am underweight and depressed. I win?

On August 27 2009 23:47 puttputt wrote:
Just coming back from Blizzcon I can make the observation that yes, on average gamers were fat. However, did anyone else notice that all the starcraft players/fans were underweight/average? I think we are superior to all the WoW players

While the study helps "illuminate the health consequences of video-game playing," it is not conclusive, its researchers say, but rather serves to "reveal important patterns in health-related correlates of video-game playing and highlights avenues for future research."

Both male and female video game players spend more time than nonplayers seeking friendship and support on the Internet

For children and adults, he writes, games that require physical exertion, such as "Hide and seek" and "Freeze tag" are "still probably what we need most."

So what could be so useful about depression? Depressed people often think intensely about their problems. These thoughts are called ruminations; they are persistent and depressed people have difficulty thinking about anything else. Numerous studies have also shown that this thinking style is often highly analytical. They dwell on a complex problem, breaking it down into smaller components, which are considered one at a time.

This analytical style of thought, of course, can be very productive. Each component is not as difficult, so the problem becomes more tractable. Indeed, when you are faced with a difficult problem, such as a math problem, feeling depressed is often a useful response that may help you analyze and solve it. For instance, in some of our research, we have found evidence that people who get more depressed while they are working on complex problems in an intelligence test tend to score higher on the test.