Video gaming is highly prevalent among university students, yet its health associations remain poorly understood. To address this gap, a study evaluated the relationship between video gaming frequency and multiple health outcomes, including diet quality, physical activity, sleep quality, eating behaviors, and BMI, involving 317 students. The study found that high-frequency gaming was associated with significantly poorer diet quality (median 45.0 vs 50.0), higher BMI (26.3 vs 22.2 kg/m²), and worse sleep quality (Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) 7.0 vs 6.0) compared with low-frequency gaming.
Gaming frequency was negatively correlated with diet quality and physical activity, and positively correlated with BMI. In regression analysis, total gaming hours independently predicted poorer diet quality after adjustment for demographic and lifestyle factors. These findings suggest that…
