The Nintendo Wii Count as Physical Activity
Well, maybe you’re preaching to your children because they spend too much time playing the Wii instead of playing football in the park in front of your house or playing sports in the nearest club. Okay, I share the mentality (although a small amount of games never hurts to spread the mind.) However, the Wii seems to be the exception.
Since the launch of the Nintendo console, the Wii has been the subject of interest by the change in format, this game includes a physical activity, which makes it much more interactive than sitting at the computer. In fact, he even believes that games like Wii Fit are helping to improve fitness.
From the National Institute of Health and Nutrition in Tokyo, Motohiko Miyachi and his team of Japanese researchers (guess where else?) Break a lance for the Wii, highlighting the potential of bringing the user console to any level of physical activity moderate intensity.
To check Miyachi and his team measured the metabolic equivalent values of users, a method for estimating energy expenditure, which proved to be similar in people playing sports games on the Wii or Wii Fit in people doing exercises.
The results are published in the Bulletin of the American Heart Association, and have been presented at the annual meeting of the association in Orlando, Florida.
So if you see that your child is sweating while playing your Wii, do not worry, all is well with their physical condition.