Sorry, gamers: Wii workout poor exercise
Posted on December 27th, 2007 by ElectroGeek
So you just gave the kids a Wii game system and figure they — and you — might get a little exercise, as well as enjoyment, out of it?
Well, enjoy, but forget about the exercise.
British researchers found that a group of 13- to 15-year-old boys and girls burned up about 60 calories an hour more playing the active sorts of games offered by the Nintendo Wii system — games that mimic movements used, for instance, to bowl, or play tennis, or to box — than they did playing more sedentary electronic games on the Xbox 360 system.
Full Story Via Suntimes.com
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