Inquiry Question: Is there a relationship between childhood obesity and video games, and could it be a factor in the epidemic? This article discusses the differences between children who play video games while sitting down and children who play physically interactive video games. This is a discussion that starts from the idea that the increase in children's sedentary "time spent in front of the screen" (video games, television, time spent on the computer) has become a global problem and perpetuates obesity among children the whole world. The idea of ​​this article is to compare children who play “active” video games with children who play sedentary video games and whether high-value screen time can be matched with “active” video games. Tested on thirteen girls and fifteen boys with different heights, weights and ages, this article discusses the methods used and the overall results based on their assumptions. The article ultimately suggests the possibility that child gamers who played "active" video games have higher energy expenditure and are thinner than their peers. This article by Levin and Rodriguez is a discussion that compares the sedentary nature of watching television with the sedentary nature of playing video games. Although this research focused on girls as subjects, it showed that playing video games was considered more of a physical activity shift in children than watching television. It also compared the subjects' BMIs and how much lower BMIs might be relative to more physically active children. The article suggests that the above is due to people spending more time playing video games than watching television, which has led to more snacking on foods that have little to no nutritional value,... half of the paper.. ...w, together, contribute to the obesity epidemic among Canadian children. Works Cited Tremblay, M., & Willms, J. (2003). Is Canada's childhood obesity epidemic related to physical inactivity? International Journal of Obesity, 1100-1105. Sanghavi, D. (2012, April 13). Do TV and video games make children fat?: The effects of "screen time" on childhood obesity. Slate.Lanningham-Foster, L., Jensen, T.B., Foster, R.C., Redmond, A.B., Walker, B.A., 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., & Rodriguez, B. (2004, March 23). Video games, rather than TV, 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/