Kids think gaming is exercise - study

This generation would be addicted to computer games, communicate almost entirely ith 'friends' through social media and be 'disengaged from any sense of an active lifestyle'.

This generation would be addicted to computer games, communicate almost entirely ith 'friends' through social media and be 'disengaged from any sense of an active lifestyle'.

Published Jul 6, 2015

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London - Almost one in four children think playing video games with friends is a form of exercise, a survey has found.

Among seven to eight-year-olds the proportion rose to a worrying 31 percent.

The findings came from research carried out by the Youth Sport Trust charity, which asked 1 000 children aged five to 16 about leisure activities.

Children said they spent between 30 to 40 minutes a day playing sport or exercising.

But they devoted almost three hours a day on average using technology. In its report Youth Sport Trust said that physical education and school sport are at a “critical crossroads” and must remain a ‘key priority’.

Experts at the charity warned that current trends pointed to a “digitally distracted generation ... sedated by exposure to digital devices from their earliest infancy”.

This generation would be addicted to computer games, communicate almost entirely ith “friends” through social media and be “disengaged from any sense of an active lifestyle”.

Daily Mail

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