Average Gamer Is 35, Fat and Bummed

kamapuaa writes "According to a study published in the upcoming October issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, the average US video game player is 35 years old, overweight, and tends toward depression. Specifically, female video game players tended towards depression, while males tended towards large BMIs. While the study itself points to several conclusions, one researcher noted: '... habitual use of video games as a coping response may provide a genesis for obsessive-compulsive video-game playing, if not video-game addiction.'" On the flip side, the Washington Post is running a story about the mental health benefits of playing video games.

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Excuse me, but doesnt that define americans ?

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in general ? obesity, depression (prozac and whatnot), and being broke ?

i love how stuff that is in america gets passed as encompassing entire world. here, an american medicine journal, does a research, then claims that all gamers are fat, broke, depressed etc.

well im in turkey. im a gamer. im not fat, im not depressed, im not broke. and rarely do i see anyone in my gaming circle (and that encompasses a history of 1982-2009) fat and depressed either. that is despite i have founded and run or joined numerous guilds with 20-80 people. neither there is a noticeable portion in my european gaming friends circle that are fat and depressed.

everyone can be broke.

stop passing bullshit happening america as truth. if american medical profession had any respectability, the healthcare system wouldnt be such a mess in the first place. if companies run healtchare, doctors man the ranks.