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West Virginia Aided by DDR in Childhood Obesity Fight

By james_fudge

Last week 200 health professional gathered to listen to eight speakers talk about ways to help combat childhood obesity in Charleston, West Virginia. One of the ways that West Virginia - which many in other states say are pioneers in the fight - is doing this is through a partnership with Konami and the West Virginia School system. Students are using Konami's Dance Dance Revolution game as part of the state's physical education program to get active - and in some cases - shed pounds. But DDR is just part of the solution.

Using Video games to get kids excited is just one facet of the program that was discussed last week at the first ever Physical Activity Symposium, a two-day gathering held at the Embassy Suites in Charleston modeled after the National Physical Activity Plan released in May. That plan looks at several factors including transportation, land use, community design, education, business, mass media and grass roots efforts. An eight-member panel from West Virginia, Washington, D.C., California, Montana, Maine and North Carolina discussed these and other methods to increase physical activity and decrease obesity among children. Read More

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Full post as published by GamePolitics.com on June 21, 2010 (boomark / email).