Another "dance game = weightloss" study
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Another "dance game = weightloss" study
Kids in Study Try to Dance Away Weight
I just ran across this on Yahoo's main page. I read the story earlier this week on another news website as well, I think. Anyway, it doesn't say much that I haven't already heard about DDR leading to weight loss in many news articles before it, but I think this marks the first time that I've heard of an insurance company funding research on the game in league with a university. I'm curious to see what the results of the research will be like, and what the insurance company plans to do if the results are favorable. Will they just furnish a PS2, DDR game, and pad to every child with an obesity claim or something?
I think it's kind of amusing that this insurance company is so concerned about the growing number of obesity claims in children that they're pursuing using DDR as a tool to curb the numbers. Not that it couldn't work I suppose, but it just seems funny somehow.
I just ran across this on Yahoo's main page. I read the story earlier this week on another news website as well, I think. Anyway, it doesn't say much that I haven't already heard about DDR leading to weight loss in many news articles before it, but I think this marks the first time that I've heard of an insurance company funding research on the game in league with a university. I'm curious to see what the results of the research will be like, and what the insurance company plans to do if the results are favorable. Will they just furnish a PS2, DDR game, and pad to every child with an obesity claim or something?
I think it's kind of amusing that this insurance company is so concerned about the growing number of obesity claims in children that they're pursuing using DDR as a tool to curb the numbers. Not that it couldn't work I suppose, but it just seems funny somehow.
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http://portfolio.iu.edu/mmerkler/ChadPump.AVIArticle wrote: "I like how it creates a good mood," she said. "Even when you mess up you laugh."
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I guess that "reporter" was talking to the wrong set of peopleFluffyumpkins wrote:http://portfolio.iu.edu/mmerkler/ChadPump.AVIArticle wrote: "I like how it creates a good mood," she said. "Even when you mess up you laugh."
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God, I know what you mean. Any time I exercise now, I have to pop in DDR music or other fast paced dance music just to keep me entertained. Especially with fitness tapes. XD Billy Blanks (Tae Bo) ain't got nothin' on my music. n___nmalictus wrote:I know now more than ever how helpful DDR can be to keep you in shape; my wife borrowed this treadmill from a friend of hers, and I tried it out. It's really fancy, with a heartrate monitor, and 'programs' that adjust to fit your fitness level, etc.
But in the end, it's boring as hell.
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