Alabama public schools turn to Wii to help fight childhood obesity

Marie Leech:

Ask most third-graders whether they'd rather run laps in hundred-degree temperatures or play a video game, and it doesn't take a genius to correctly predict their answer.

What did take some brainpower, however, was figuring out how use that fondness for electronic games to get some of the same benefits as running.

Wee Can Fight Obesity is a fitness program for third-graders in Alabama public schools, and uses the Wii Fit Plus Bundle and EA Sports Active video games to improve physical fitness three days a week during P.E. class.

The one-year program is in 30 schools this year, and was in 30 different schools last year. The goal is to eventually offer the program to every elementary school.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at September 20, 2011 2:12 AM
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