Video games, are damaging our future generations. It's estimated that 160 million people play video games in the United States, that is a 40 percent jump since 2006. Since, this has been climbing, we have seen an increase in child obseity and a decline in academic achievement. It is evident, that children are spending more time, in the house playing video games rather than outside being physically active.Having increased idel time is responsible for the increasing health problems amongst, American children.Research suggest that the risk of unhealthy weight gain, increases with every hour a child spends playing video games. The increase in gaming is most likely the cause of the decline in academic achievment among children in
