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Investor's Business Daily - A new study says video game players are surprisingly fit, countering stereotypes that peg them as overweight couch potatoes. Gamers are 10% leaner than the average American, says the study of 7,000 players by Univ. of Southern Calif. researchers. They also exercise 1-2 times a week, more than the average American. But the study also found gamers have a higher rate of mental health problems. They're 50% more likely to have been diagnosed with depression and have a 20% higher rate of substance addiction.

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