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Article: Nintendo Wii game consoles may help improve family fitness.
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- Asian News International
- Article date:
- December 28, 2008
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Byline: ANI
Washington, Dec 28 (ANI): A team of University of Mississippi researchers are conducting a study to assess whether Nintendo Wii Fit video game, an exercise game consisting of activities using the Wii Balance Board, can help improve overall family fitness.
If the systems do improve fitness, a byproduct could be a reduction in obesity, said Scott Owens, the lead researcher.
"There has been an upswing in sales of whole body movement video games over the past few years.
"This potentially could help family fitness, so we are looking at the research aspect to see if family fitness improves after purchasing one of these whole body ...