Konami is now making it easier for schools to use Dance Dance Revolution for fitness programs, with a new version designed specifically for schools. They will officially unveil Dance Dance Revolution Classroom Edition at the California Association For Health, Physical Education, Recreation And Dance (CAHPERD) State Conference later this month. The DDR Classroom Edition will [...]

With the obesity epidemic growing and Americans struggling to get active, exergames may actually help people improve their health. According to this article on Diabetes Forecast Online, there are a few reasons that exergames show promise in doing this: 1) exergames cause players to burn more calories than sedentary video games, 2) exergames are fun [...]

It seems lately that more and more schools are starting to use exergames during the school day, either as a compliment to the physical education, for classroom physical activity breaks, before class starts or for indoor recesses.  Northeast Elementary School students are using video games for fitness and health. The school, located in Kansas, recently [...]

Can using active video games for exercise, if done vigorously, provide you with the same aerobic benefit as other physical activity? Researchers from Brown University and the Miriam’s Behavioral and Preventive Medicine Center in Rhode Island are investigating whether they can give you the same workout and health benefits as going to a gym. The $2.5 million [...]

We all know that there are as many excuses not to work out as there are hours in the day. But what if you could find 30-minutes during lunchtime to workout doing something fun with your co-workers? That is just what we are trying to do here at New Mexico State University. We have opened [...]