"Videophilia" dims appreciation for outdoors

More frightening reasons why screens are taking over our personalities.
Post Reply
jlotus
Site Admin
Posts: 211
Joined: Fri May 13, 2005 4:17 pm
Location: Oak Park, Ill.
Contact:

"Videophilia" dims appreciation for outdoors

Post by jlotus » Wed Feb 06, 2008 1:47 am

WASHINGTON (AP) -- As people spend more time communing with their televisions and computers, the impact is not just on their health, researchers say. Less time spent outdoors means less contact with nature and, eventually, less interest in conservation and parks.

Visits to national parks peaked in 1987 and dropped 23 percent by 2006.
"Declining nature participation has crucial implications for current conservation efforts," wrote co-authors Oliver R. W. Pergams and Patricia A. Zaradic. "We think it probable that any major decline in the value placed on natural areas and experiences will greatly reduce the value people place on biodiversity conservation."

"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."
Read the rest of the article at:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22998037#.TqRaRbIdi8A
Last edited by TerryS on Sat Oct 29, 2011 9:15 pm, edited 3 times in total.
Reason: copyright

Post Reply