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First came the 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans, published by the US Department of Health and Human Services in an attempt to get Americans moving more. The motto, "Be Active Your Way" (Kids love to workout with Wii) became an empowering call to every American to take personal responsibility for her own physical health. The next step is developing a National Physical Activity Plan for the US.

"Physically-active video games ('exergames') have recently gained popularity for leisure and entertainment purposes. Using exergames to combine physical activity and cognitively-demanding tasks may offer a novel strategy to improve cognitive functioning. Therefore, this systematic review and meta-analysis was performed to establish effects of exergames on overall cognition and specific cognitive domains in clinical and non-clinical populations. We identified 17 eligible RCTs with cognitive outcome data for 926 participants. Random-effects meta-analyses found exergames significantly improved global cognition (g = 0.436, 95% CI = 0.18-0.69, p = 0.001). Significant effects still existed when excluding waitlist-only controlled studies, and when comparing to physical activity interventions. Furthermore, benefits of exergames where observed for both healthy older adults and clinical populations with conditions associated with neurocognitive impairments (all p 

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"Cost analysis of Internet vs. print interventions for physical activity promotion"

what great support for virtual reality fitness, exergaming, etc.

"The effect of Xbox Kinect intervention on balance ability for previously injured young competitive male athletes: A preliminary study."

Editor's note: While we attempted to contact other gaming companies for similar titles, only Nintendo was able to supply us with any at this time. Let's hope newer and even better fitness games become a reality across all platforms! Editor's note: While we attempted to contact other gaming companies for similar titles, only Nintendo was able to supply us with any at this time. Let's hope newer and even better fitness games become a reality across all platforms!

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Recent brain research and more than 200 independent studies indicate that 1-15 minutes of oxygen-delivering exercise every few hours leads to academic success, increased productivity, stress reduction and engagement among K-12 students. This discussion blog is a valuable resource for teachers, parents and anyone seeking to reach the education customer.

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great for examiner article mentions Ernie and Lisa

great mention of the Gamercize internaltional tourney too! All the exergaming greats in one place!

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Great forum for creating support for exergaming in the US.

Additionally, there are also weapon loadouts for each character that can be easily unlocked by exchanging the play coins accumulated from the 3DS's pedometer, and it's a nice touch to see another title using them.

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