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Think about how a lot of fans speak about their teams. "How did the Bulls do last night?" "We won, but just barely." Part of being a fan is vicarious competi

• foldr 7y ago
  Sure, but if people can enjoy vicarious competition, they can presumably enjoy the real thing too.
• pbhjpbhj 7y ago
  Last year there were reports out about how watching sport might be tricking us into thinking we've participated in such a way that it increases sedentary behaviour.
  • onlyrealcuzzo 7y ago
    Interesting. My friends that watch the most sports seem to be the most overweight. I expected this to be the opposite, but maybe this is normal. Probably just anecdotal.
    • mumblemumble 7y ago
      It's apparently been studied: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3890601/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3890601/ In a sentence, "Participants that watched sports every day were at higher risk of obesity [odds ratio = 1.39, 95% CI, 1.15, 1.68) after adjustment for age, sex, smoking, alcohol, physical activity, total TV time, disability, and self-rated health." Based on what they're controlling for, and assuming that the conclusions hold, my guess would be that watching sports on TV is also associated with increased snacking.