As a usage of the Internet and things like computer games, and social networking sites like twitter, and facebook become more popular there is a growing concern that this may be partly fueling the obesity crisis that shows no sign of slowing down.

Susan Greenfield who is a director of the Royal institution, has pointed out that too much computer use could be infantilising, our brains when something tends to go wrong.

If a child does something wrong when it is younger for example it may fall over and hurt itself, it will learn not to do that mistake again.

If somebody plays a computer game and they make a mistake, there is a temptation to keep playing on in order to rectify this. The taking of risks and the pay off seem more appealing to us. What happens as a result of this is we can tend to eat more food without even realising it.

Susan who conducted the research has also found links to ADHD and autism, she says that too much computer use may be cutting our attention spans down, stifling our imagination, and lowering our empathy also.

The result of this is our brains can tend not to develop properly, and the old saying use it or lose it is very applicable to this particular to the way your brain may stop working. All these functions go on in a part of the brain called the prefrontal cortex.

When this part of the brain becomes damaged we tend to take more risks, and the more overweight you tend to be less active that part of the brain tends to be. To quote this source

"She said: ‘If you are stopping someone from doing something, that is not ideal.

‘If you are telling someone to not to do something, you must give them an alternative.

‘What we need is research to find out why it is so addictive.

‘Between the ages of 10 and 11, kids this this country spend 900 hours at school, just under 1,300 hours with their family and just under 2,000 hours in front of the screen.

‘Anyone who says that we shouldn’t worry and that I am scare-mongering should look at these figures.

Source  http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1180934/Do-Facebook-flab-Computer-use-make-eat-warns-professor.html

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Do Computers and Facebook Make Us Fatter ?

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发贴者 healthlifeblog 时间： 5/13/2009