I Think
I Think Video Games Are Unhealthy For Children

Video games cause depression and developmental problems
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23366610-details/Junk%20food,%20
TV%20and%20the%20internet%20'are%20poisoning%20childhood'/article.do?
expand=true
Video games make boys into passive consumers instead of develop their
imagination
http://www.webmd.com/parenting/features/kids-playing-slingshots-vs-video-ga
mes
About ½ the video games contain unhealthy, unrealistic body images of women
http://archives.cnn.com/2000/HEALTH/women/12/13/bc.leisure.games.women.r
eut/index.html
Playing video games only burns about 140 calories an hour
http://www.ucc.ie/en/hr/HealthWelfare/PhysicalHealth/Exercise/ExerciseinaBusy
Schedule/
Addicted parents have starved their children because they were so obsessed
with a video game
http://thedaily.washington.edu/article/2007/7/18/videoGamesAreDangerousForC
hildren
Video games Impact the time children spend reading and doing homework
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/27/health/27well.html?_r=2&ref=health&oref=sl
ogin&oref=slogin
Video games have caused seizures, and tendonitis
http://www.healthieryou.com/mhexpert/exp1033103b.html
People often skip work and class to play new video games
http://www.gamespot.com/users/DiabloMayCry619/show_blog_entry.php?topic_
id=m-100-25158513
Kids exposed to violence in video games are more likely to have aggressive
thoughts and behavior.
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EPF/is_19_104/ai_n11838818
Video games can become as addictive as heroin
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19354827/
Playing 2-7 hours daily, destroys the brains prefrontal lobes, resulting in zero
beta activity
http://www.geek.com/video-games-bad-for-your-brain/
Experts found a connection between violent video games and the mass
murderers at Virginia Tech
http://www.tech2.com/india/news/general/virginia-shooting-restarts-media-blam
e-game/5238/0

