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.
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