BBC: Online gamers 'are not unhealthy'
Post by Supervirus , 2008-09-20 07:05:00 Source： bbc Editor：ShirleyTags： Online gamers
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The "couch potato" image of computer gamers is unfounded, with many in better than average shape, claim US researchers.
The "couch potato" image of computer gamers is unfounded, with many in better than average shape, claim US researchers.
More than 7,000 players of the online game EverQuest II were quizzed about their health by scientists.
They found gamers' body mass index (BMI) tended to be lower than the US average - with many taking "proper" exercise more than once a week.
But New Scientist magazine reports that depression was more common in gamers.
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