A certain stigma has been attached to the effects of video games, although some of it is true, video games can increase mental and physical effects. The negative effects of video games, obesity, eye problems and aggression, have been well documented, but the positive effects. they are less well known. Some may speculate that video games lead to depression and obesity. Researchers in the United States and abroad surveyed more than 3,000 elementary and middle school children in Singapore and found that about 9 percent of them were deemed "addicted" to games. might find the same thing in other countries. Over the course of two years, approximately 84% of those who started out as excessive gamers continued to do so, showing that this may not simply be a phase that children simply go through. Boys were more likely to show symptoms of excessive gaming. Predominantly, those who were considered excessive gamers showed higher levels of depression and other mental health problems than their peers who played less video games. “Researchers also found that students who stopped excessive gaming reduced levels of depression, anxiety, and social phobia.” Obesity, the lack of physical activity, is associated with playing video games. “It is known that children, on average, spend around 7:30” on a social media device and of these “4:30 hours are spent in front of the TV.” Sedentary activities, playing video games or watching TV, are harmful variables in obesity found in children. These sedentary activities prevent the child from doing physical activities, playing outside, so playing video games without taking breaks to do something physical can be a contributing factor to obesity. There are also other positive effects related to playing video games that may contribute to... middle of paper... r, according to a long-term study published in 2013." People who play video games can decide something and act accordingly about four times faster than those who don't. Avid action-based video game players can make a decision 25% faster than people who don't video games have caused bad things to happen also used as falsified rumors. These rumors have spread much more than the positive effects of video games. Works Cited http://www.a4kclub.org/get-the-facts/bullying-statistics http://www.rochester.edu/ news/show.php ?id=3342 http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/childhood/problem.html http://www.cnn.com/2011/HEALTH/01/17/gaming.depression/ http: //www.a4kclub .org/get-the-facts/bullying-statistics http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052970203458604577263273943183932 http://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2013/ 11/video-games .aspx