01.31.2008 12:34 pm

Not everyone thinks ‘active’ video games provide exercise

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Since Nintendo’s Wii console first demonstrated that video games could move more than a person’s thumbs, a growing segment of society has believed the Wii has opened new doors to physical fitness.

Wiis are turning up in retirement homes and physical…

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Tags: children, education, exercise, fitness, health, schools, sedentary, sports, Wii

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01.15.2008 8:39 pm

Health insurers try their hand at instructional video games

By David Sheets

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

It’s not enough to tell people they must take better care of themselves. Sometimes you have to show them.

So managed care providers Kaiser Permanente and Humana are developing video games to sell the point, hoping that maybe kids, as well as…

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Tags: diet, exercise, fitness, health, health care, Humana, instructional, Kaiser, wellness

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