#Rugby 08 wii series#

ItвЂ™s reported that children in the UK spend an average of 12.2 hours PER WEEK playing computer games! Of course, the link is always made between computer games and obesity, because hours of computer games per day does not lend itself to a life of exercise and activity! The marketing angle вЂ“ Nintendo Wii causes more weight loss? This is the case for adults and children, but the increasing prevalence of obesity and the associated conditions are becoming more and more worrisome in younger populations.

I recall people queuing overnight to buy their consoles when they were first released, and even acts of violence when consoles were sold out! Perhaps you have further added to this number in the last few daysвЂ¦(though hopefully not with the violence option!)ДЄt the same time, the obesity rates in the western world (Europe and N.America, mainly) have hit record highs (though the rate has apparently levelled off in the USA). In August this year, total sales of 10.1 million Nintendo Wii, 10.3 million X-Box 360 and 4.1 million Playstation 3 were reported. In the past few years, weвЂ™ve witnessed the вЂњcomputer game warsвЂќ, with Sony Playstation, MicrosoftвЂ™s X-Box and NintendoвЂ™s Wii all vying for market leadership in what is clearly an incredibly lucrative market.ДЇor example, in August this year, it was reported that Nintendo Wii had become the fastest ever game-console to hit the 1 million mark in the United Kingdom вЂ“ it took about 9 months. The context вЂ“ the gaming wars and obesity

It is an indictment on society that there is even a need to do this type of study.

It might be relevant to you, if you have purchased one of these for Christmas.

ItвЂ™s interesting, not because itвЂ™s a breakthrough piece of research that will advance the field of exercise science or because it challenges existing thinking, but more because: And as I was about to begin, I came across this really interesting article published this week in the British Medical Journal 10.1136/bmj.39415.632951.80.

That sounds like a great idea to us, and for sure, itвЂ™s in our list of вЂњTopics to cover in 2008вЂі.Д«ut for today, I was in the process of doing a post looking back at the most interesting SPORTS SCIENCE articles of 2008.

#Rugby 08 wii series#

ItвЂ™s been a quiet period for us over the last week, but weвЂ™re sure you understand! If you are anything like us, youвЂ™ve been relieved to you open your e-mail inbox to see nothing but a few junk emails, none of which require thought as you hit вЂdeleteвЂ™ (We hope that this email, if youвЂ™re reading it as an email, is not one of them!).Д«ut we have received a few great emails, and questions, and one suggestion for a series on weight loss and running. Nintendo Wii is not an exercise and weight-loss option: A study you never thought youвЂ™d see вЂ¦