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Wii style of gaming could be good for you says study

Posted Jan 09, 2007 at 04:38AM by Remi M. Listed in: Self Well-being
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playing Wii Tennis could be good for y'all


A possible good news for the Wii from the Mayo Clinic. A study conducted by the second best hospital in the U.S. could imply that playing videogames, the Wii way, is a good way to combat childhood obesity. Lorraine Lanningham-Foster, Ph.D., lead the conducted study which aims to scientifically measure the energy spent playing videogames. The study's scope is 25 children - 15 of the kiddies were of normal weight while 10 were mildly obese.

The two groups were tested while sitting and watching TV, playing your garden-variety video game, playing two types of activity-required videogames (Wii Sports perhaps?), and watching television while walking on a treadmill. The results showed that sitting while watching TV and playing the usual video games "expended the same amount of energy". On the other hand, when the kids were playing the first activity oriented game, their energy expenditure tripled. Watching TV while walking on a treadmill produced the same results as the activity oriented game.

The research suggests that "requiring activity in more video and computer games is one potential approach for reversing the obesity trend." If more studies have this result, then the Wii style of gaming could sure boost video gaming's reputation, not to mention the number of parents who'll buy it for their kids.

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   by WC - 2007-01-09
 » Good.
The Mayo clinic is not some came-out-of-nowhere clinic, so their study holds some weight. They only did this with a very, very small population, and it doesn't seem they spent much time on it, though.

But does it take a genius to realize that it takes a LOT more energy to stand and move around than sit?

I disagree that gaming and watching TV take the same energy, though. Watching requires no movement at all. Game requires slight arm and heavy hand movement.

And the treadmill and active game... It would depend heavily on the game. Tennis, boxing? Yes. Baseball? Maybe. Bowling, Golf? No way.

But at least it was someone with clout that put out the study.

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   by jmyers1643 - 2007-01-09
 » study just points out the obvious
Right i think this study is just stating the obvious but at least you can say it has been researched and proven.

   by what? (Unregistered) - 2007-01-09
 » i dont c y ur posting this now...
hasn't it been known from the start that the wii was made for the obesity epidemic?



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