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      • While playing video games can be a fun pastime, and there are some potential benefits, there are health risks associated with too much gaming. They include repetitive stress injuries, vision problems, sleep deprivation, depression, and possibly addiction to playing.
      www.health.harvard.edu/blog/the-health-effects-of-too-much-gaming-2020122221645
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  2. Dec 22, 2020 · While playing video games can be a fun pastime, and there are some potential benefits, there are health risks associated with too much gaming. They include repetitive stress injuries, vision problems, sleep deprivation, depression, and possibly addiction to playing.

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    • What Is Video Game Addiction?
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    Video game addiction, also called internet gaming disorder, is a condition characterized by severely reduced control over gaming habits, resulting in negative consequences in many aspects of your life, including self-care, relationships, school and work. This condition can include gaming on the internet or any electronic device, but most people who...

    Video game addiction can affect children, teens and adults, although adults are most likely to have this condition. People assigned male at birth are more likely to have video game addiction than people assigned female at birth.

    Researchers estimate that video game addiction affects between 1.7% and 10% of the U.S. population. The estimated range is large because many researchers disagree on the diagnostic criteria for internet gaming disorder.

  3. Video gaming, the experience of playing electronic games, has shown several benefits for human health. Recently, numerous video gaming studies showed beneficial effects on cognition and the brain. A systematic review of video gaming has been ...

  4. Jul 1, 2024 · An evolving problem. Some data suggest 76% of under-18-year-olds and 67% of adults play video games in the United States. “Esports,” or competitive video gaming, is a fast-growing extracurricular activity at high schools and colleges across the United States.

  5. Nov 15, 2022 · Video game addiction is a concern for many parents, but video games can have positive effects on your brain, too. A pediatric behavioral health specialist discusses the pros and cons of gaming.

  6. ding form of leisure activity, has received attention in recent years in search of effective, yet affordable interventions to maintain or enhance cognitive abilities in individuals in different contexts. 1 - 6 The increasing scientific interest in video gaming as a training instrument may be driven by an inherent playfulness of video games in co...

  7. University of Queensland research has found gaming for more than three hours a day can lead to health problems. Dr Daniel Stjepanović from UQ’s National Centre for Youth Substance Use Research (NCYSUR) said the study examined responses from 955 gamers aged 18 to 94 from Australia, Canada, USA and the UK, collected during NCYSUR’s 2022 ...

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