We went out into our local community super store and placed our sticker on a Wii Fitness Game and Console. We chose this because obesity is a growing public health issue in the general population. We think Wii Fit is a great preventative measure because exercise is not being implemented properly in the community and is now accessible in the comfort of your own home. This is an important issue because noninfectious diseases such as Coronary Heart Disesase, Diabetes Type II, and hypertension, which often correlate with obesity, are among the leading causes of death in the United States.
Wii fit offers their players a vast variety of virtual sports to play such as, tennis, golf, soccer, boxing, track and field, volleyball and even yoga. These activities are perfect for increasing your cardiac output, lowering your BMI and improving your overall health. The Wii fit extension also allows players to measure their BMI and fitness level, as well as plan out goals for the players to meet. Wii fit is also senior citizen friendly, allowing the elderly to increase their daily activity levels all while partaking in low-impact exercise which is good for their joints.
These games also target the younger generation, by using some popular icons such as Mario and the Smurfs. Unfortunately, the younger population is known to have low activity levels due to increased television viewing and virtual game playing. These games will reduce the problem and reduce the occurrence of childhood obesity.
In our photo, we included several of the sports and exercise games that are available for the Wii such as: Just Dance, Mario Sports, Fit N Six and the Smurf’s Dance party.
In this photo are: Stefanee Whitehead, Sara Steiner, Julie Hageman, Ali Greenburg and Sara Dominic.
The prevalence of obesity and type II diabetes amongst children (and adults) is rising at an alarming rate and I have to commend the designers of games like these. I have seen people who would otherwise be completely sedentary give games like this a go. It makes me a little sick that we need to resort to video games to make the younger generations get active, but! I think all things considered media that promotes activity is absolutely wonderful.
ReplyDeleteI really like the idea of putting the public health sticker on the Wii Fit game that helps to promote exercise to the younger generation. Obesity among kids is growing rapidly and these children need to stay fit and active whatever way they can. It is much easier for kids to get their exercise this way since now they are so caught up in technology and refuse to go outside and play sports like our generation used to. We need to do whatever it takes to stop obesity from increasing and a fun way of exercising is definitely a great way.
ReplyDeleteThe article is great! Where else can you find a game for only $29.99 that promotes great cardiovascular workout. If you're trying to lose weight, build muscle, or just get healthy why not do something you could enjoy. Hypertension known as the "silent killer" can strike any person, be it obese or a petite person who believes they are healthy as there are no signs often related with hypertension. This is a primary prevention measure that could save the lives of many people. This is a great blog in spreading the word and getting America moving in the right direction of promoting workouts.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed the idea behind putting your public health sticker on the Wii Fit game to raise awareness that...yes, obesity among the younger generations is increasing. I believe that this posting is great due to showing that we do need to live a more active lifestly and that the fitness games for the Wii or even the select few games available for the xbox on the kinect can help increase the younger generations activity levels. In addition to all that, we can also show that being active is not only boring and running, but can be relatively fun. However, I do hate the fact it is amongst ones home that he and/or she is exercising, but either way they are working out nevertheless.
ReplyDeleteUnique Idea! Children are the age group to target when it comes to obesity. Now days not many children are the type to go out and play in the street or park most stay indoors, and not to mention are video game fanatics. Traditional video games which does not include any physical activity. The Wii sport is a fun, way to be able to have fun and burn some calories exercising. An easy fun way to target the age group population needed. Also this is not only for children but it can also be used for the parents for an interaction where both child and parent can enjoy indoor mean while being physically active together.
ReplyDeleteGreat idea! I can attest to this being public health, before I left home to go to college, my step-mother, dad, and nieces all broke a sweat with the wii. My stepmom even used it instead of workout equipment! It's a great way to integrate today's highly technological direction in healthy way. This is definitely public health!
ReplyDeleteI think this blog post was very creative and made a lot of sense! Many children in today's society are overweight due to their inactivity and how much time they would rather spend inside playing video games! Of course we've talked about this is Public Health but I would never think about the wii fit games for this. Great job guys!
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