Exergaming is one of the hottest trends in fitness right now, especially for teen audiences. The American Council on Exercise lists exergaming as one of 2009’s top fitness trends, and while fitness fads come and go, exergaming is showing staying power and finding support across the media.
Increasing numbers of youth centers, schools and gyms are setting aside space for exergames and video fitness machines as a way to engage kids in exercise and combat the rising rates of childhood obesity.
Health care and fitness experts agree that exergaming should not replace other physical activity and that kids should be encouraged to engage in a range of exercise, however, according to Ernie Medina,a preventive care specialist with the Beaver Medical Group in Redlands, California, and founder of XRtainment Zone, for some kids, exergames may be the only physical activity they're willing to do so it is one way to get them moving.
http://magazine.angieslist.com/Articles/2009/August/NATIONAL/exergaming-inspires-fitness.aspx
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