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 [...]

Exergames, which can help keep the body fit, may actually help keep the mind fit as well. A study, which involved 101 volunteers, ages 58 to 99, from independent living facilities with indoor access to an exercise bike, revealed that ‘cybercycling’ two to three times per week for 3 months – yielded cognitive benefits and [...]

The Games for Health Journal: Research, Development, and Clinical Applications, under the editorial leadership of Editor-in-Chief Bill Ferguson, PhD and other leading investigators, will publish its inaugural issue in February. The Journal is a new, bimonthly peer-reviewed journal dedicated to the development, use, and applications of game technology for improving physical and mental health and well-being. It [...]

A recent survey by Saga, in a poll of more than 10,000 older people, found that 80 per cent were more conscious of the need to exercise in their senior years than they were in their thirties.  These older adults are also looking at different avenues to stay in shape as well.  Video games are [...]