Is your child getting obese due to video games?

Computers and televisions were very scarsely present in early years but 8 out of 10 houses own computer and television in developed world and frequency is only slightly law in developing world. Also outdoor games are becoming more of obsolete and children are getting addicted to TV screens and video games. But all these at the same time bringing more of health hazardz due to inactivity like obesity.

Recently researchers from Mayo clinic has come up with an idea to keep your child stick to TV and Video games but with activity component. They did a study and 25 children were followed Fifteen children were of normal weight for their height and frame; and 10 were mildly obese. Both groups were tested while sitting and watching television, playing a traditional video game, playing two types of activity-required video games, and watching television while walking on a treadmill.

The results clearly showed that watching television with sitting and playing traditional video games uses similar energy while when you add a component of activity to it like treadmill during watching television and putting them in video games like catching balls uses more than triple energy.

Interpretation of study by Mayo clinic researchers is that putting more of activity related components in video games may be the best possible approach to avoid rising obesity in young generation and also to limit the time spent behind these activities to max 2 hrs a day.

Computers and video games has definitely important role in developement of child in many ways but importance of outdoor games should not be neglected for fiteness and healthy life of young generation.