Online gaming addiction affects 12,000 children
Some 12,000 children aged 13 to 16 are addicted to online gaming in the Netherlands, according to research by Rotterdam’s Erasmus teaching hospital.
Games addiction affects mainly boys and two thirds of addicts attend trade school (vmbo). They are online for an average eight hours a day.
Some 1% to 1.5% of secondary school children are affected.
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