Games are blamed for everything else, why not low vitamin D levels in U.S. children?
Videogames do a body bad, says a newly published study in Pediatrics. It says that seven out of ten kids suffer from low D levels, which could lead to bone problems, heart disease, and even diabetes. 7.6 million children could be considered deficient, and videogames and television are called out.
From Times of the Internet:
Low vitamin D levels were especially common in children who were older, female, African-American, Mexican-American, obese, drank milk less than once a week, or spent more than four hours a day watching TV, playing video games or using computers, the study found.
It's not games' fault if you don't drink milk or go outside! I personally fall under the last four categories, but I'm not going to blame games. Drink some Sunny D and game on, kids!
I have a new report, to be published on non-medical games journal Destructoid. It's called "Everything Wrong with U.S. Children: Reasons Uncovered." It's a one page report, with only one line:
Laziness
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7:40 PM on 08.03.2009
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Kids don't go outside enough; I'm just sick of people blaming video games when Facebook and TV are just as much to blame, if not more.
Go outside in the sun. Your body GENERATES vitamin D from sunlight.
Most kids these days drink bad vodka. The shit they put in those airline drinks.
Nobody ever likes the good stuff, like Santana DVX.
Yes, I close the blinds. But the window is still there. Sometimes sun comes through it.
I wonder why no one ever points out that gamers are less likely to get skin cancer due to less sun exposure? If they want to make that argument, it really cuts both ways.
So lately I've been taking supplements and going through a diet change, while occacionally sitting on my porch in the sunlight. The changes that have happened are fenomenal! I'm more motivated, vigourous, active, focused, positive, and my skin is cleaner!
Things are turning out for the better! :D
If you want some vitamin D, eat some yogurt. It's a great breakfast.
It will be my gift to science. Professionals can use it daily with no attribution or royalties necessary! Hell, take credit!
god fuckin dammit, is this what our society has turned to? blaming everything else but ourselves? i can do it, i blame myself for my fuck ups, not my single mom who had 3 fuct up boys, not my dad who was not there, not my schools i gradated from, not the internet, not pot, not alcohol, not coke, not xanax. myself. i blame myself. can these fuckin cocksuckers do that?
Holy shit , that sounds like paradise !
Putting sunscreen also makes you have low D levels. Parents should let their kids just enjoy the sun. If you're white you only need 30 mins of sunlight and for people with darker skin only need hour an long of sunlight.
Zing.
Don't blame games for the fact that your kids are fat as shit. Blame the kids for being lazy little fucks.
Sorry for the cursing :P
You are in fact a massive douchebag.
I truely don't like you.
-sincerely Milis
Exactly.