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bazookalad
08-18-2009, 09:50 AM
The BBC (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8206163.stm) webiste is running a story on the findings from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and they found that gamers "were less healthy, fatter, and more depressed than non-gamers."

A UK survey from 2002, conducted by the Leisure Software Publishers Association, found the average gamer was aged between 25 and 34.

But it also suggested that the average age of the keenest players is gradually edging upwards, a finding reinforced by the CDC finding.

Make of it what you will, not the most earth shattering of findings and could be eaily levelled at many big gaming countries. Though the mental health issues could be something nobody wants to admit too readily.
Exodus
08-18-2009, 12:23 PM
I gotta admit you americans know how to eat. Fucking killed myself in las vegas and stretched my stomach a couple inches.
dimsumx
08-18-2009, 12:46 PM
But what if the real correlation is that people are depressed because they're fat, and so they turn to games????
AspectVoid
08-18-2009, 01:36 PM
I'll admit, I'm fat. It wasn't gaming that caused it. It was graduating college and having to get a "real" job. This job, which sticks me at a desk for at least 9 hours a day, caused me to no long be able to get the constant exercise I used to. I therefore submit that games don't make people fat, work makes people fat.
surj0
08-18-2009, 01:38 PM
I'm not fat, I'm healthy, and I'm happy (I'd be happier with a job). Does that make me a non gamer? Honestly, most of my friends are all in the same category, and while we all have our issues, these sorts of "studies" generally just seem to be a load of BS.
RoflusPrime
08-18-2009, 01:42 PM
The results of the survey shouldn't really but much of a surprise, but I wonder how the results would look when compared to people who are primarily into other introverted or sedentary activities such as reading?
randir14
08-18-2009, 02:23 PM
I bet most of the people in the survey play nothing but WoW.
Venkman
08-18-2009, 02:53 PM
Yep. Damn WoW fat asses.

http://fuzzybuzz.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/southpark.jpg
AkumaATR
08-18-2009, 03:35 PM
I Am Not Unhappy! :d
Stalwart
08-18-2009, 03:40 PM
Gaming doesn't make people fat.

Corn syrup makes people fat.
sol740
08-18-2009, 04:40 PM
Huh ... I'm 6 ft tall, 190lbs, and happy as a clam. So I suppose I'm just not hardcore enough. I will work on that.
Emabulator
08-18-2009, 04:47 PM
Huh ... I'm 6 ft tall, 190lbs, and happy as a clam. So I suppose I'm just not hardcore enough. I will work on that.I'm 5' 10", 170lbs, 42 years old and happy as a clam as well. I guess we need to buy a few hundred more games and eat some donuts.
Rhaze
08-18-2009, 05:04 PM
Mmmm donuts...
Zeal
08-18-2009, 05:08 PM
garbage statistic.

just married a bombshell blonde, currently make close to 500k yearly, and find i have more fun with games than any previous point in my life.

suck on that one, BBC.
TheBot
08-18-2009, 06:06 PM
I'm 5'6", 170lbs. Yeah I got a little beer gut but it's not from games, it's from, well, unhealthy foods.
brandonjclark
08-18-2009, 06:24 PM
garbage statistic.

just married a bombshell blonde, currently make close to 500k yearly, and find i have more fun with games than any previous point in my life.

suck on that one, BBC.


I think I speak for everyone when I say:

"can you please post a picture of your bombshell sitting on top of your money, ...maybe in a seductive pose?"


You know, for reasons of proof. ;)
pwnophobia
08-18-2009, 06:27 PM
I'm 5' 10", 170lbs, 42 years old and happy as a clam as well. I guess we need to buy a few hundred more games and eat some donuts.

I'm 5'11, 148 lbs and 24 years old but want to weigh 135 for competition, where does that put me? :p
UttiniDaKilrJawa
08-18-2009, 08:32 PM
and here I thought all this time we were fat , hostile and psychotic.

Well, I feel better now:)
Dag-Sabot
08-18-2009, 08:58 PM
The said the same about people who were into booze or comic books or driving big rig trucks. The world hasn't imploded.
Apex
08-19-2009, 02:10 AM
garbage statistic.

just married a bombshell blonde, currently make close to 500k yearly, and find i have more fun with games than any previous point in my life.

suck on that one, BBC.

You know, if you actually read the article the BBC is commenting on an AMERICAN study that studied americans and then compared it to the results UK survey done in the UK...

Um ... suck on that one?
BitterCupOJoe
08-19-2009, 07:59 AM
I'm not fat, I'm healthy, and I'm happy (I'd be happier with a job). Does that make me a non gamer? Honestly, most of my friends are all in the same category, and while we all have our issues, these sorts of "studies" generally just seem to be a load of BS.

No, not any more than someone who smokes cigarettes and has been lucky enough to not get cancer, emphysema or heart disease could be called a non-smoker. The singular of data is datum, not anecdote.
Exodus
08-19-2009, 08:30 AM
might as well do a statistic on how many people who eat don't eat right are over weight.
-_-
drakkarim
08-19-2009, 10:38 AM
I think I speak for everyone when I say:

"can you please post a picture of your bombshell sitting on top of your money, ...maybe in a seductive pose?"

You know, for reasons of proof. ;)

seconded. and have her put on a brunette wig, cuz i can't stand blondes.

:)

bazookalad: since when is 24-34 'old'?? are you in high school or something? :)