tedsteriscool on 10 September 2009
| Esmoreit said: It all depends on the regime of the kids. I can buy that a kid who exclusively plays games in his spare time and doesn't eat right will get fat. Or at least, fatter then the kid who exclusively plays games and mostly eats veggies and fruits. The truth is, most gamers at least on these boards are doing sports BESIDES gaming. Go look up a "what sports do you play" thread. People forget this. Whenever the stereotype: "the fat gamer" comes up, they can ONLY imagine the fat kid in his beanbag down in the basement doing nothing but games while reality proves to be different. What is even worse is that the the causality assumed isn't even measured to other groups. I mean, the people exclaiming this crap are likely the same researchers who come home and spent a good 4 hours watching television and eating chips. Double standards, and a lack of reality drive these researches and indeed, it is tiresome. |
Reading the last part made me think of something: Back when I was in 6th grade we had some ladies come to our school and preach to us about eating fruits, veggies, and all the other stuff from that food triangle diagram and ease up on the sweets. The main lady who did the presentation was quite rotund. Double standards like this really bother me. "Practice what you preach."
