BBC NEWS | Health | Online gamers 'are not unhealthy'

BBC NEWS | Health | Online gamers 'are not unhealthy': "The 'couch potato' image of computer gamers is unfounded, with many in better than average shape, claim US researchers.

More than 7,000 players of the online game 'EverQuest II' were quizzed about their health by scientists.

They found gamers' body mass index (BMI) tended to be lower than the US average - with many taking 'proper' exercise more than once a week."