THE ROLE OF VR GAMES TO MINIMIZE THE OBESITY OF VIDEO GAMERS

Abstract

Video games have become something very famous all over the world, in the past, there were only a few gamers, and becoming a gamer was something very odd to do but these days the number of gamers is increasing as it reached 2.8 billion gamers in 2021. Games are a tool for entertainment where you can spend long hours without noticing and it can lead to addiction most of the time which leads us to the main problem caused by video games which is obesity. The main cause of obesity is eating too much food and moving too little and that is what will happen when you spend a lot of time on video games. And as we all know getting an obese body will not be the only problem because obesity also causes a lot of other diseases such as heart diseases, stroke, asthma, and more.

To solve this problem there are some recommended solutions to follow that can end this problem such as VR games which requires body movement, changing your lifestyle because a healthy lifestyle will prevent your body from diseases, educational programs that contain some physical activities for the kids in schools and finally mobile apps that motivate people to do physical activities in return of offering a prize or some amount of money.