As the number of empirical evidence between screen time and negative effects on our well-being is constantly on the rise, the many parallels between food and media consumption are becoming more comprehensive too.
In its recent article, WIRED Magazine proposes a Food Pyramid for kids' media consumption.
The link between food and media consumption makes it so much easier to communicate the importance of a healthy balance and the negative side effects of uncontrolled (media) consumption.
While highly addictive games such as Fortnite might well be viewed as an overdose of sugar, virtual reality games such as beat saber assure a good physical work out while having fun.
To get brain food while gaming, I suggest open source games such as OpenTTD where players seek to earn money through transporting passengers and freight by road, rail, water and air.
