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The average adult video game player is a 35-year-old with health issues, a US study suggests.
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mmmmm.....a sample of 500 out of how many gamers world-wide? Nice and representative......

Either way, I'm above average!
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Quote - A team from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) also found gamers were less healthy, fatter, and more depressed than non-gamers.

Sorry don`t want to upset anyone here but doesn`t the US have a problem with Obesity anyway? Looks to me that games are being used as a scape goat.
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Like I said, totally unrepresentative.....

I would write and complain, but I sprained my controller arm stuffing a burger in my mouth last night......
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