From calorielab.com:

“The widely held view that the proliferation of video games, and gamers, contributes significantly to the increase in obesity among the young may have taken a serious hit to the credibility. A study by researchers at USC — which we’re betting supplied plenty of video gamers for studying — found that in the case of at least some games, specifically online role-playing games, and even more specifically “EverQuest II,” players are typically in better physical shape than the average American.

The study involved over 7,000 online responses to a survey that found, unexpectedly, that more “EverQuest II” players were in their 30s than in their 20s, that the older players logged more playing hours, and that the typical player put in nearly 26 hours per week — 29 for women, 25 for men. Even more unexpectedly, the surveyed gamers report exercising more — at least once or twice a week — than 62 percent of American adults, and based on their stated height and weight, are 10 percent leaner than the average American. “

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