There are two main topics to look at for this essay: physical and mental health. The topic ideas that I had previously thought of, fall into these two categories as sub-topics.
Physical:
- Rise of obesity-growing evidence supports this link.
- Improvement of fine motor skills-there is evidence to suggest that this is true.
- Video consoles promoting activity/exercise-rise in popularity of motion sensor consoles: Nintendo Wii, Xbox Kinect, PlayStation Move.
Mental:
- Effect on relationships and communication-evidence supports that higher rate of gaming .means negative effect on relationships and communication.
- Impact of violent games on mental health-everything I’ve read points to violence having a negative impact on players, heightened aggression, where there was none before.
There appear to be positive as well as negative impacts on the health of young people.
