Investigation question: Is there a relationship between childhood obesity and video games and could it be a factor in the epidemic? This article is a discussion on the differences between children who play video games while sitting down and children who play physically interactive video games. This is a debate initiated with the idea that children's increased sedentary “screen time” (video games, television, time spent on computers) has become a global problem and perpetuates obesity. in children around the world. The idea of ​​this article is to compare children who play “active” video games to children who play sedentary video games and to determine whether time spent in front of a screen, which is highly valued, can be coupled with video gaming. active ". Tested on thirteen girls and fifteen boys of varying heights, weights, and ages, this article discusses the methods used and the overall results based on their hypothesis. The article ultimately suggests the possibility that child gamers who play "active" video games have increased energy expenditure and are thinner than their counterparts. This article by Levin and Rodriguez is a discussion that compares the sedentary lifestyle of watching television with the sedentary lifestyle of playing video games. Although this research focused on girls as subjects, it showed that playing video games was considered more of a displacement of physical activity in children than watching television. It also compared the subjects' BMI and the extent to which a lower BMI might be lower than that of more physically active children. The article suggests that the precedent is due to spending more time playing video games than watching TV, which has led to snacking on more foods that have little or no nutritional value , ...... middle of paper... ...that together they contribute to the obesity epidemic among Canadian children. Works Cited Tremblay, M. and Willms, J. (2003). Is the Canadian epidemic of childhood obesity linked to physical inactivity? International Journal of Obesity, 1100-1105. Sanghavi, D. (April 13, 2012). Do television and video games make children gain weight? : The effects of “time spent in front of a screen” on childhood obesity. Slate. Lanningham-Foster, L., Jensen, TB, Foster, RC, Redmond, AB, Walker, BA, Heinz, D., et al. (2006). Energy expenditure of sedentary screen time versus active screen time for children. Pediatrics: Official Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Levin, A. and Rodriguez, B. (March 23, 2004). Video games rather than television may be linked to childhood obesity. Retrieved December 2013 from the University of Texas at Austin: http://www.utexas.edu/news/2004/03/23/nr_video_games/