A new progam is aimed at helping overweight children get in control of their eating and exercising habits. The fitness center is betting that activities inspired by video games – known as exergames – are one way to get kids healthy, by offering them an arcade-like atmosphere without the snack bar. The room uses muscle-power instead of joysticks to earn…
By Kathleen Gregg Huertas The cold winter months can turn us into couch potatoes. It is certainly too cold for a tennis match, a good golf game or playing baseball. However, we can still get our exercise and play time in by being indoors. You can get up off that couch or recliner, and try exergaming. Exergaming is now known…
The Atlantic, News Feature, Aylin Zafar, Posted: Feb 22, 2011 For years, increasingly sophisticated video games came with increasingly daunting controllers. Anyone who grew up with Pong or an NES could be forgiven for fearing today’s byzantine rigs. So perhaps it’s not surprising that the new, more intuitive interfaces of the Nintendo Wii and Xbox Kinect have opened up new…
ACE: Community: Certified news: March 2011: ACE-Sponsored Research: Exergaming—Not Just for Kids Anymore! Full Article Here BY SUSAN CAPAROSA, M.A., JEANNE NICHOLS, PH.D., SIMON MARSHALL, PH.D., DANIEL CIPRIANI, P.T., PH.D., TREVOR KINGSBURY, B.S., KENT LORENZ, M.S., KRISTI ROBUSTO, M.S., AND VIRGINIE NICAISE, PH.D. Introduction One day a group of 15 adventuresome older adults, ages 67 to 87, gathered in a…
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By Megan Craig TribLocal reporter February 9th at 2:41 p.m. When it comes to grade school kids and video games, a Grayslake gym teacher says that if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em. Woodview Elementary teacher Steven Feldman said he’ll do whatever he can to guide his students toward a healthier lifestyle – and his latest tools are a Wii…
By Dan Lawler, Ph.D. Education Consultant Exercise4Learning, LLP As an elementary principal for over 30 years, I have witnessed many strategies and techniques that influence student motivation to get fit. Motivation, as we know, can be induced artificially – i.e. fear, candy, rewards, etc. – but the effects are temporary. There is no substitute for the real thing – intrinsic…
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Posted by The Health Journal on February 1, 2011 Written by Barrett Baker When it comes to regular exercise, there are as many excuses as there are benefits. A revolution in video gaming systems is changing all of that and providing a way for people to be physically active—sometimes without even knowing it. This unlikely marriage of fitness and video…
Andrea Pennington, M.D. Your wellness and self-empowerment doctor Posted: February 2, 2011 01:28 PM Huffington Post I am on a crusade to eradicate childhood obesity and diabetes. For me, it’s more than my profession, it’s my personal mission. As you’ve undoubtedly learned, Type 2 diabetes is a condition that is caused by a lack of physical activity, overweight and unhealthy…
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By Teacher World-Organizing a Community of Teachers Brain research is providing educators with important information as to how children’s brains grow and develop. Having attended a class with Dr. Kathie Nunley regarding brain research, I am very interested in how we, as educators, integrate what brain research is telling us to more effectively teach our students. So I was excited…
