More and more young Australians are playing video games during their leisure time. Fortunately, video game manufacturers have introduced "exergames" in an effort to make this typically sedentary ...

When the Nitendo Wii Fit debuted in 2007, experts were skeptical about the system’s health benefits. Yes, active video games were better than the alternative: sitting down playing regular video games ...

Playing a video game used to mean sitting, sedentarily, in front of a screen. But more recently, “exergames” such as Dance Dance Revolution and the Wii Fit have gotten game players off the couch. A ...

Electronic beep-boops echo inside XRtainment Zone, a gym noticeably absent of the usual treadmills, stair climbers and weight stacks. In their place are “exergames” and “exertainment” machines -- ...

Researchers compared active video games and running in type 1 diabetes patients The "active video games" resulted in similar cardiovascular responses as running Participants rated the video games with ...

Digital gaming has generally been perceived to increase individuals' sedentary time. According to Tuomas Kari's dissertation, gaming can also act as a medium to promote health. Exergaming is a form of ...

Physical activity among young people can be improved by well-designed and delivered online interventions such as 'exergames' and smartphone apps, new research shows. According to a review study ...

Digital gaming has generally been perceived to increase individuals’ sedentary time. According to a new dissertation, gaming can also act as a medium to promote health. Exergaming is a form of digital ...