Yesterday, First Lady Michelle Obama took her Let’s Move initiative to the next level by launching Let’s Move Faith and Communities, an effort to more actively engage faith-based and community organizations to help combat childhood obesity. The Let’s Move Faith & Community challenge entails four core components: Walking a total of 3 million miles nationwide; [...]

Exergames research is gaining popularity for studying the effectiveness of interactive video gaming in rehabilitation, fitness and as tools for special needs populations. According to this article in Advance for Physical Therapy & Rehab Medicine, exergames, which are gaming devices with an additional component of physical activity, are being used more frequently in athletic training [...]

David Yeager, in Today’s Dietitian, synthesizes how exergaming is showing potential for encouraging healthful behaviors. Although research about this phenomenon is still in its infancy, studies suggest that video games can play a role in developing healthful habits. In one study Dwayne Sheehan, PhD, an assistant professor and coordinator for the department of physical education [...]

This is a great video on how exergames were used to increase student participation in a physical education course. Please check it out – it is very well done and very informative. Action Research: Exergaming

EA Sports Active NFL Training Camp for the Nintendo Wii claims to be the next generation of exercise gaming and a prime example of the rising trend toward more strenuous games. Justin Sheffield, the producer for EA Sports Active NFL Training Camp, says, about the game, “If you use this and you dedicate yourself to [...]