The WHO said doctors ____ know that gaming addiction is a ____ to people's health that has "____" consequences. A WHO spokesman said most people who play video games don't have a disorder. ____, in certain circumstances, too much gaming can ____ to problems. Some doctors believe that too ____ gaming is not a mental illness. Psychiatrist Allen Frances compared a gaming addiction to ____ addiction. He said: "Billions of people around the world are hooked on ____ for fun or better ____, but only rarely does this cause more trouble than its worth." Repetitive stress injuries, or overuse injuries, are ____ that come from activities that involve ____ use of muscles and tendons, to the point that pain and ____ develop. If these injuries are allowed to progress, numbness and weakness can develop, and permanent injury can result. Overuse injuries of the hands and arms are rampant among ____. One common example is carpel tunnel syndrome, which many gamers ____. Carpal tunnel syndrome, often seen in office workers, involves inflammation of a ____ in the wrist, which causes ____ and numbness. Gaming is also associated with ____ in teens and, plausibly, the same would be shown in adults. This is due to the obvious phenomenon that if a teen is ____ in front of a screen for ____ every day, he or she isn’t getting much ____. The obesity is also thought to be due to increased food intake while ____ video games. According to a study in the Journal of Clinical Nutrition, "a single session of ____ game play in healthy male adolescents is ____ with an ____ food intake, regardless of appetite sensations." The proposed mechanisms are that either the signals that indicate satiety (fullness) get impaired, or that the mental ____ involved with playing video games ____ the reward centers, which leads to increased food intake.

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