So, we were asked to write about our blog topics and how they relate to health care. At first, it appears there is no relation between health care and video games. While I do not have current statistics with me at the moment, I can assume there is a link between the inactivity of video games playing and the obesity epidemic facing the youth of America (but I contend that reading a book is just as much exercise as playing a video game but we tell our kids to read)
Obesity is a main contributor to the massive health care costs in America (that and the free-loader problem) and it can only be assumed that video games have played some role in that. But they mustn't receive all the blame. Many games require activity by those playing them (the Nintendo Wii comes to mind). The question is, how much of an effect is this having, and what can we do to stop it?
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