Photograph of a basal metabolic rate test experiment in a laboratory that studies metabolism and obesity. The lab is a physiology test center at St. Luke’s Hospital / Columbia University in New York City. The test determines metabolic rate when the subject is playing a video game, in this case playing Pac Man. The subject’s rate is measured by spiromometry, in which his expelled breath is collected in a balloon and measured for oxygen and carbon dioxide. The test result shows subject’s metabolic rate when playing a video game is comparable to that of moderate exercise. Photograph by Nathan Benn taken March 22, 1985.

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Manhattan, New York City, New Yo

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