People prefer videogames to the outdoors

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Posted by Bill S on February 5, 2008 at 7:48:13 pm EST

I'm not sure whether this belongs in Off-Topic or here in Backcountry, but a study by the National Academy of Sciences reports that participation in backcountry activities is on the wane. In some sense, HOORAY! Less people crowding the outdoors. In another sense, that is a real tragedy, since people will have less appreciation of Nature, the wilderness, and the environment in general.

Since the story is from AP and CNN, with strong statements about re-distributing it, I will just provide a link -
http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/02/05/nature.interest.ap/index.html

Important points were that camping, fishing, and park visits are declining in a shift away from nature-oriented activities. To quote one thing from the study

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"The replacement of vigorous outdoor activities by sedentary, indoor videophilia has far-reaching consequences for physical and mental health, especially in children," Pergams said in a statement. "Videophilia has been shown to be a cause of obesity, lack of socialization, attention disorders and poor academic performance."

Somehow "videophilia" sounds pretty bad.

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