Video Gamers are fat


	Video Gamers are fat

Lara Nieberding

8-27-2009 3:01 PM

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Lara Nieberding says:

"The results of this study don’t quite showcase a development in social examination, but are a big “duh” with a side of “yeah, so?”

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/b615c36e-477d-4ddb-b8c8-50745700ad5d/EC6DF70A-8B7D-4B01-8E40-13D5D83768AA/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.testfreaks.com/blog/information/youre-all-a-bunch-of-fat-depressed-gamer-bums/" href="http://www.testfreaks.com/blog/information/youre-all-a-bunch-of-fat-depressed-gamer-bums/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.testfreaks.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.testfreaks.com/blog/information/youre-all-a-bunch-of-fat-depressed-gamer-bums/"><H1>You’re All a Bunch of Fat, Depressed Gamer Bums</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.testfreaks.com/blog/information/youre-all-a-bunch-of-fat-depressed-gamer-bums/">A recent study by the Center for Disease Control, published by the no less than the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, is perhaps the most poorly-examined case study released about <A href="#" class="kLink" target="undefined" id="KonaLink3"><FONT color="blue"><SPAN class="kLink">video </SPAN><SPAN class="kLink">gamers</SPAN></FONT><SPAN id="preLoadWrap3"><DIV id="preLoadLayer3"><IMG src="http://kona.kontera.com/javascript/lib/imgs/grey_loader.gif" /></DIV></SPAN></A> in recent years. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.testfreaks.com/blog/information/youre-all-a-bunch-of-fat-depressed-gamer-bums/"><P>I’m fairly certain that the average <I>anything</I> in America is 35 and fat. It’s a general median age, and Americans have the highest obesity rate in the world. Perhaps the average basketball player wouldn’t fit the bill, but I bet the average accountant, average <A href="#" class="kLink" target="undefined" id="KonaLink6"><FONT color="blue"><SPAN class="kLink">TV</SPAN></FONT></A> watcher, average grocery store clerk, or average stamp collector would come back as fat, too. Especially if you only take a look at one group of people who are previously known to fit the bill…</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/EC6DF70A-8B7D-4B01-8E40-13D5D83768AA/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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