Mrs. Obama said: “Folks in West Virginia have taken the lead in bringing ‘DDR’ — that’s ‘Dance, Dance Revolution’ — it’s a new video game that gets kids up and moving,”
Feb 21st
ABC News’ Yunji de Nies reports:
Michelle Obama is calling on the country’s governors to help in the battle against childhood obesity.
“Let’s act. Let’s move. Let’s give our kids the future they deserve, ” she said in a speech, kicking off the annual winter meeting of the National Governors Association.
“There’s no place for politics when it [...]
Reese Sebastian Diaz from Disney’s Beauty and the Beast loves Exergaming!
Feb 19th
“I’m having a blast during my time off in Peoria! Thanks Deb, NETworks, and Riverplex for a fantastic fun filled day. RiverPlex is home to an awesome exercising game zone that has a bunch of awesome games and activities that get your heart pumping! My favorites were virtual dodge-ball on Lightspace Play, the Skywall (never-ending rock climbing), Wii [...]
GameCycle – Get the excitement of playing Nintendo racing games while getting a great upper body workout!
Feb 11th
The GameCycle lets kids, adults and seniors “play their way” to better fitness. For kids, the GameCycle provides a challenge that many of them seek out on their own — the challenge of videogames. But, now while playing their favorite racing videogame, kids are getting a great workout too. For fitness centers, YMCAs, and Community Centers, [...]
Michelle Obama aims to end child obesity in a generation
Feb 9th
As part of first lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move campaign to fight childhood obesity, the American Academy of Pediatrics is encouraging its members to check the body mass index, a number that takes into account height and weight, of all children at every checkup. Children and parents also will get a prescription for healthy, active [...]
NeuroActive Science Promotes Healthy Body and Mind: The BrainBike
Jan 20th
Brain fitness is one of the fastest growing industries in North America whose value reached $265 million in 2008, according to industry market research leader SharpBrains. Neuroscience research has demonstrated that like your muscles, your brain can grow stronger and more agile through proper training and regular activity. Canadian-based Brain Center International (BCI) is making [...]
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Offers GRANT FUNDING for Elementary School Programs Focused on Reducing Childhood Obesity
Jan 20th
Building Healthy Communities grants available for physical activity and nutrition programs
DETROIT, Jan. 20 /PRNewswire/ — Childhood obesity in America is a major public health issue. Blue Cross Blue Shield, committed to building a healthier Michigan, is partnering with schools across the state to get kids moving and eating healthier. The Blues are accepting [...]
The NeuroActive BrainBike Emerges to helping seniors with Brain Function
Jan 8th
Cognitive Function:
Although the collective scientific analysis of the concept of “brain fitness” — which contends that regular mental exercise leads to better long-term mental health — can be inconclusive, numerous manufacturers are embracing the concept by integrating physical fitness machines with mental exercise components. “Some older-adult and dementia researchers are realizing that cognitive function activities [...]
Obesity surpasses smoking as top health threat: U.S. study
Jan 6th
Obesity is now a bigger overall threat to people’s health than smoking, according to results of the longest ongoing health study of adults in the United States. Obesity is now a bigger overall threat to people’s health than smoking, according to results of the longest ongoing health study of adults in the United States.
Obesity causes as [...]
Exergame Fitness International Distributors
Jan 4th
Exergame Fitness USA has 5 international divisions that can assist your facility / business in getting the latest and greatest Exergaming products and services directly from the source. Feel free to visit our distributor page to contact any of our approved vendors to get you what you need.
We have a very close partnership with all of our [...]
EXERGAME FITNESS PRODUCT STUDY: THE LIGHTSPACE PLAY FLOOR…
Dec 28th
“Studies have demonstrated that our raging childhood obesity problem is being driven by a dramatic increase of inactivity. Well, we have a simple solution that will eliminate this problem effectively and get kids fully engaged and active within seconds. It’s called “Exergaming”. Exergame Fitness USA has the world’s top tested interactive products that were developed [...]
The NFL’s charitable foundation is awarding a grant to study how to better prevent childhood obesity.
Dec 28th
NEW YORK—The NFL’s charitable foundation is awarding a grant to study how to better prevent childhood obesity.
NFL Charities will provide a three-year, $1.8 million grant as part of its “NFL Play 60″ campaign to The Cooper Institute in Dallas to fund its Fitnessgram program. The program will be made available to 1,120 schools in the 32 [...]
New research on gaming design and brain plasticity offers more perspectives on educational gaming
Dec 28th
Playing action video games on a regular basis can alter a player’s attention skills.
As video games continue to permeate our culture, schools and students are increasingly interested in using video games for learning. This interest has prompted universities and neurologists to explore what makes a successful educational game, what the current barriers to adoption are, [...]
FREE Exergaming Room Designs in 2010!
Dec 26th
Exergame Fitness is the global leader in Exergaming products and medically driven programming. We have over 10+ years experience in the fitness industry and were first to market with fully customized room designs keeping active gaming a positive way of battling childhood obesity and inactivity. We have the largest selection of tested products in the [...]
