New Study: Average gamer is overweight + depressed - Page 8

A new study says the average age of video-game players in the United States is 35, and oh, by the way: They're overweight and tend to be depressed.

On August 19 2009 09:42 DM20 wrote:
No researcher worth their salt would have used BMI.

On August 19 2009 09:26 GhostKorean wrote:
While it is true that some gamers need to exercise more often, they shouldn't stereotype all gamers like this.

On September 02 2009 03:11 Louder wrote:


I exercise quite a lot every day and I'm still overweight. GG me.

On August 28 2009 09:28 Boundz(DarKo) wrote:
This is america. Not gamers.

On September 01 2009 22:43 MutaDoom wrote:

Wrong. What about gamers at work?

On August 19 2009 09:27 Folca wrote:
Well in the general point of view, this is definitely true.

On September 02 2009 17:22 PobTheCad wrote:

well i was talking about starcraft since this is a starcraft site
don't know about you but SC isn't a popular topic at my workplace

On September 02 2009 20:23 WeSt wrote:
It's not like videogames make you fat and depressed, it's more like fat depressed teenagers find their opportunity to socialize by playing videogames over the internet. Dumb "study".

On September 02 2009 02:34 NastyMarine wrote:


and why is that?

The hypothesis was that video-game players have a higher body mass index — the measure of a person's weight in relation to their height — and "a greater number of poor mental health days" versus nonplayers, said Dr. James B. Weaver III of the CDC's National Center for Health Marketing. The hypothesis was correct, he said.

The study was done in 2006; the results analyzed in 2008.

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."