Nintendo’s Wii Fit – Video tones the joystick star!

I’ve been meaning to blog about this since I saw Nintendo’s new “Wii Fit” advertised on a billboard a few weeks ago.

If you haven’t heard about Wii Fit, it’s essentially a video game that incorporates exercise in four major categories:

1. Aerobic exercise
2. Muscle Conditioning
3. Yoga Poses
4. Balance Games

Wii Fit managed to sell over a quarter of a million copies in it’s first week…..which at $70 a pop is a lot of dosh….but is it worth the ticket price?

I should say right off the bat that by no means is this post a review of Wii Fit, It is simply a comment on the idea of having a video game that encourages children to exercise. I love it.

Mum and Dads if you’re going to buy a video game for your child this year that could improve their health…this could be it.

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Get Rid of Obesity Once and For All?

Obesity in children is seriously getting out of control.

But where does it start? It has been suggested by some health commentators that it goes back to when you first start introducing solids to your kids diet….at an infant level. If this is true, does that mean we as parents decide (Through our own eating habits and actions) if our children will be obese or healthy? Personally, I believe that to a large degree we do.

Why are our children obese?

Parents talk about children who are fussy eaters (and I am not including any children who have food allergies or intolerances here as that is a whole different kettle of fish)….Now I’ve heard it can take anywhere between 8 and 15 attempts to get a child to eat a new food. So it makes me wonder how many parents of “Fussy Eaters” have simply given up after 2 or 3 attempts?

Having said that, We all know how difficult it can be to have to expend extra energy fighting with your children over food at the end of a 50 hour working week….but at the end of the day if you don’t do it…you run the risk of producing an unhealthy or obese child. Read more