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Can Video Games Keep Your Children Physically Fit? Can exergaming really take the place of going for a brisk walk or doing a few laps in the pool? A study out of Brigham Young University finds that certain video games do count as legitimate exercise for kids.
Regular exercise is wonderful, but it tends to tear us away from the television set, forcing us out into a terrifying world where,. at any moment, something could jump out of a bush and kill us. No really, we've seen it on the internet.
Since going outside and looking warily at bushes isn't a real option, we're forced to look to other forms of exercise to keep us from passing out from exhaustion while reaching for the Mountain Dew. We could join a gym, but gyms are expensive and everyone there only pays attention to you because you make them feel better about their own out-of-shape bodies. We could use our vast wealth to build a dedicated fitness center in our home, but home exercise machines generally prove to convenient for hanging the washing on to retain their originally intended use.
That leaves workout tapes, which are boring, and video games, which are a lot less boring than workout tapes.
Since the Wii exploded onto the scene in 2006, doctors, P.E. teachers, and parents have all harped on the potential benefit such devices could have on children's health. Longtime gamers generally reacted to these stories by pointing to Konami's longer-lived Dance Dance Revolution franchise and muttering "duh."
Now Brigham Young University exercise scientist Bruce Bailey takes Wii Sports, Dance Dance Revolution, and several other exercise-themed games and has 39 children between the ages of nine and thirteen-years-old play them in order to determine just how effective they are at replacing more traditional exercises like walking and bush-dodging.
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some games can keep you fit while others won't.
Regular exercise is wonderful, but it tends to tear us away from the television set, forcing us out into a terrifying world where,. at any moment, something could jump out of a bush and kill us. No really, we've seen it on the internet.
Since going outside and looking warily at bushes isn't a real option, we're forced to look to other forms of exercise to keep us from passing out from exhaustion while reaching for the Mountain Dew. We could join a gym, but gyms are expensive and everyone there only pays attention to you because you make them feel better about their own out-of-shape bodies. We could use our vast wealth to build a dedicated fitness center in our home, but home exercise machines generally prove to convenient for hanging the washing on to retain their originally intended use.
That leaves workout tapes, which are boring, and video games, which are a lot less boring than workout tapes.
Since the Wii exploded onto the scene in 2006, doctors, P.E. teachers, and parents have all harped on the potential benefit such devices could have on children's health. Longtime gamers generally reacted to these stories by pointing to Konami's longer-lived Dance Dance Revolution franchise and muttering "duh."
Now Brigham Young University exercise scientist Bruce Bailey takes Wii Sports, Dance Dance Revolution, and several other exercise-themed games and has 39 children between the ages of nine and thirteen-years-old play them in order to determine just how effective they are at replacing more traditional exercises like walking and bush-dodging.
more here
some games can keep you fit while others won't.
