According to a study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, an hour spent playing video games may make teenage boys eat more over the rest of the day. This study is an addition to what we know of kids spending more of their time sitting in front of TV or computers and being overweight by not being physically active in outdoor sports. This recent study also tested the idea of something about video-gaming itself affecting the eating habits of kids.

There is only a speculation that it has something to do with the mental stress as a result of playing these video games and also wanting to eat sugary and fatty foods. So far, it is believed that excessive usage of computer increases the calorie intake. Because playing video games demand children’s complete mental attention and this is a great stress to take on which then requires more energy fulfillment.

The health risk is that they are more addicted to fulfilling this energy need eating junk food than other really nutritious stuff. At the moment, the solution lies with the parents themselves having a control and putting some restrictions on their children for their excessive video-gaming. There has to be a time limit when they can play these mental games. But it is important for development children’s physical health then they engage in outdoor games too. Video games are important in their own way, because they increase creative skills in kids.

Excessive video gaming is bad for kids