Another reason the Wii is a sham for the sheep masses!
Medical research appears to have confirmed that Wii Fit and other “sports” games offering apparent physical exertion actually have no positive effect on fitness at all.
The study, conducted by an associate professor of health and exercise science at the University of Mississippi, took the form of a comparative case study of eight American families, whose physical fitness was recorded for 6 months each, with each family given 3 months of Wii Fit usage and 3 months of non-usage.
The research concluded that the game “produced no significant changes in daily physical activity, muscular fitness, flexibility, balance or body composition,” although it did find a “significant increase in aerobic fitness” in the children studied.
Since usage of the routine dropped off rapidly, from 22 minutes daily initially to 4 minutes after 6 weeks, the research generously concludes that “modest amounts of daily Wii Fit use may have provided insufficient stimulus for fitness changes.”
A less circumspect appraisal might be that the families had no real interest in getting fit in the first place, else they would already be exercising properly, although since this likely describes most Wii Fit users the research conclusions are probably valid all the same.
Considering its success in getting “brain training” games endorsed by medical specialists, Nintendo might want to commission some favourable research in this area too…
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Yeah, the finding that lazy fatasses will continue to be lazy fatasses even if you by them a video game doesn't exactly shock me. This would be the same as studying the effects of a gym membership on people who never actually go.
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masteen wrote:Yeah, the finding that lazy fatasses will continue to be lazy fatasses even if you by them a video game doesn't exactly shock me. This would be the same as studying the effects of a gym membership on people who never actually go.
It's all part of the marketing though which people swallow hook line and sinker!
My aunt, mother, and sister all use Wii fit, and have even lost a little weight and love it. They also play it how it is supposed to be played. They bought it for my grandmother for Christmas but I also haven't been back up north to see her since. It definitely CAN help you with weight, balance, and fitness in general. Why shouldn't they advertise it?
