[bluescrn]

Never expected to see a healthcare site recommending WoW raiding!

If you're not careful, a game that addictive and time-consuming is a rapid route to weight gain, back pain, maybe even an unhealthy drinking habit...

(To be fair though, for those who enjoyed the game in it's early years, WoW Classic was really good 'comfort gaming' during the Covid period, but it's certainly added to lockdown weight gain)

[sandworm101]

For many truly sick people, including some cancer patients, weight gain is not a bad thing. An old prof of mine, a man dying of pancreatic cancer, once said to me "A whole life of the doctor telling me to exercise more, and suddenly he is worried about me loosing weight too quickly."

[californical]

These don’t conflict with each other though, the benefits of exercising extend beyond weight loss.

[MrGilbert]

Same goes for just hanging out with your friends in the evening without any sports, eh?

[deebosong]

Just to take the comment seriously, when I kick it with buddies, I seem to be naturally attuned and attentive to my bodily needs way more than when I get sucked into a very addicting videogame, where after I finally snap out of the fugue state, a lot of my bodily needs are like, "WERE YOU NOT LISTENING TO US FOR THE PAST 2-3 HOURS OR SOMETHING?"

It's legit made me try to find videogames that are not that addicting, but not that boring, and it's extremely hard to find lol.