The growing problem of childhood obesity, which has more than tripled in the past 30 years, has led to the popularity of fitness games and other fun ways to get kids up off the couch. According to this post on What They Play Today, the new GeoPalz combine a physical pedometer with an online site [...]

Video games are at the top of children’s holiday lists every year, so make this holiday season an active one! Exergames, or active games, provide entertainment, encourage movement, help kids learn and encourage family togetherness. Exergames are available for every console, new and old, and for all ages. This year also brought about the release [...]

Our New Mexico State University’s Learning Games Lab recently gave Conlee Elementary a Microsoft Kinect™ to try out in a group setting to see if it would be a good fit. Conlee  Elementary was recently featured in the USA Today for their innovative use of the Nintendo Wii game Just Dance at the start of every [...]

Researchers from USDA/ARS Children’s Nutrition Research Center at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital studied 133 children between the ages of 10 and 12 years and between the 50th and 95th percentile body mass index and those who played video games designed to promote behavior change increased their fruit and vegetable consumption. However, they [...]

Exergames, which require you to be active, are not only a good addition for physical activity for youth, but can be extremely beneficial for grandparents. There are a few research studies examining elderly exergame users and the results so far seem positive. A case study published last year found that an 89-year-old woman with a [...]