If kids are going to play video games, I'm thrilled they're choosing games that provide physical activity. But I wish they'd only do it on days when the weather is too inclement for them to go outdoors!

Children are losing their essential connection to nature. Moreover, while children can burn calories with video games, given the limited amount of space in a living room, they're unlikely to improve their emerging motor skills, strengthen bones and muscles, improve aerobic endurance, and stimulate growth of the heart, lungs, and other vital organs. Additionally, research has found that spending time in nature reduces stress, enables children to be less affected by stressful situations, and alleviates some of the daily pressures that can result in depression. The outside light also triggers the synthesis of vitamin D.

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The Wii may encourage fitness but other than Zelda it doesn't have any good games, lol. I can't stand the Wii...

I'm actually finish up college majoring in game design. I honestly hate when people try to blame games for children not getting enough physical activity, not that this is what the article is trying to say. This is more directed to the other comment given.

I grew up on videogames and I still went outside. I played plenty of sports- hockey, soccer, basketball, cross country, and track. I currently weight train and still run daily and have taken part in a half marathon. Videogames didn't hold me back from this. I play games rain or shine, day or night sometime briefly sometimes in long sessions.

Videogames promote sitting around just as much as reading a book or watching a movie does yet nobody complains about those.

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