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Gamers are thought to become addicted to gaming, spending full days bingeing on video games, all the while eating snack (junk) foods to avoid leaving their gameplay too long. My argument is that this is more laziness of the parent rather than the child. All activities should be supervised in order to maintain some type of balance. When it comes to scheduled activities and eating habits, it is the job of the parent to decide healthy amounts of both and to instill it into the child in order to make better decisions. Despite all of the inconsistent research and negative outlooks on gaming, recent research has found many benefits to gaming. Newer technology in game consoles can help make children more active, actually combatting obesity in children. Consoles like the Kinect and Wii actively involve the child in the game using a camera to identify specific body movements, making the child more physically active with the
