Young girls who regularly play computer games have an increased risk of obesity and overweight, according to an online edition for girls and women aged 14 to 35. Pannochka. net These are the conclusions of the last study conducted in Sweden.

Scientists from the Salgren Academy included in their analysis 2500 local residents aged 20-24 years who have been interviewed three times - in 2007, 2008 and 2012.

The obtained data allowed to judge the relationship between video games, sitting in the chat and body mass index (BMI) of participants.

It turned out that young girls who at the time of the study had a normal weight and played computer games at least an hour a day, are at higher risk of gaining extra pounds (BMI above 25) by the end of 5 years of observation than their peers who do not play at all on the computer.

"The increase in body mass index in girls who played video games more than 2 hours a day was equivalent to a set of 3.7 kilograms for a participant in medium height and build. With these calculations, we took into account factors such as age, occupation, total computer time, physical activity, sleep duration, and social support received, "wrote study author Sara Thomee,.

It is interesting that nothing like this was observed in gay guys. While it is not clear why only female gamers tend to weight gain.

Scientists say that it will be possible to find out in the course of further research.

Perhaps young girls need more movements to save a figure than boys. Perhaps this is somehow connected with other activities that the researchers did not take into account. But all this is only a guess.

Be that as it may, now young girls-gamers have become a risk group, with which it is necessary to work more closely to prevent obesity and overweight.

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