Here is a short article from a recent New York Times talking about Nintendo Wii console. They cite this recent study – “Comparison of energy expenditure in adolescents when playing new generation and sedentary computer games: cross sectional study” from BMJ.
The NYT story says that: “At rest, the children expended an average of about 72 calories per hour. Playing the Xbox game increased the average to 107. Wii tennis consumed 179 calories per hour, and Wii boxing 174 — both significant increases over the Xbox game. But a game of doubles tennis in the real world used 318 calories per hour, and punching a boxing bag 382.”
My conclusions – get your kids out to exercise, do it together and enjoy this quality time with your family!!
** Photo by minter
