Unhealthy practice
Posted on: December 13, 2019
Depending on your browser, you may or may not see the image that leads the story. So here is a screen capture.
The headline sounds serious, does it not?
I am not going to ask why the WHO guideline is “one hour of moderate-to-vigorous activity every day”. I found out what counts as moderate to vigorous activity, but I think that traditional hunting and gathering, and roofing or thatching do not apply in our context.
I wonder why the people behind the paper chose to feature Pokémon Go given how the game requires players to walk in order to play. (BTW, I clock between 50-60km per week playing the game.) Might it have been too mean or inaccurate to feature a couch potato?
Perhaps those in mainstream media still look for opportunities to put down anything they see as a threat (mobiles and gaming). Maybe focusing on worries and bad news gets more attention.
But I question why such an article does not explore reasons why we have this statistic, the role of physical education in schools, or solutions to such issues.
Perhaps dishing out what others have already said is easier than actual work. You know, like how it is easier to be a couch potato than to actively play Pokémon Go.
Another dot in the blogosphere? 
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