Survey: Average gamer is 35, fat and depressed - Games - msnbc.com

"the study helps illuminate the health consequences of video-game playing"

No, not really. It shows overweight depressed men like video games a lot. Perhaps some of them were overweight and depressed when they started playing video games. It's almost certain that, in the absence of video games, they wouldn't suddenly decide to change their lifestyles. They'd probably just watch TV instead. Seems like another one of these "being a mediocre artist will turn you into Hitler" type of studies. (and I'm not even a video game player. I think they're boring and a waste of time.)