With the UK's children suffering from huge weight gains, health experts now want them to start doing 'virtual PE'
Computer games, the prime suspects when health experts try to explain why the UK's children are the most obese in the nation's history, have now emerged as a potential cure for overweight youngsters.
The latest Government's attempt to tackle the child obesity problem stems from an acclaimed initiative in which Nintendo Wii consoles were used to tempt inactive pupils into "virtual PE" after years of dodging games lessons. The project, at five schools in Worcestershire, found that children queued up at lunchtimes for their chance to play video games on the Wii. Heart monitoring revealed that the pupils became fitter with regular use of the consoles.
Reported by Brian Brady, Whitehall Editor for The Independent on Sunday, 27 January 2008
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EK Cooling allegedly has slipped itself into a hot soup of seemingly endless financial woes, where it has not paid its staff, suppliers, and contractors for many months as the company is facing liquidity problems and a surplus of inventory left unsold, stuck in the warehouse for a more extended period. Gamers Nexus investigated these claims made by former and current personnel, where he found trails of unpaid bills lasting as long as three to four months and unpaid raises that accumulated for almost a year.
EK Water Blocks has two entities—a Slovenian-based headquarters and a US-based subsidiary, EK Cooling Solutions. Steve narrated the series of events in detail, stating that the company was reportedly irresponsible and negligent regarding payment. Consequently, partners and employees are forced to share the burden of alleged mismanagement. It all begins with its extensive range of products, leading to a surplus of goods. EK has over 230 water blocks, 40 liquid cooling kits, 85 reservoirs, 40 pumps, 73 radiators, and 212 miscellaneous accessories.
Yes this is not about video games directly but indirectly this will impact the pc gaming/workstation space hard.
This company is massive one of two in the water cool space so if it goes poof then thousands out there have no spare parts or half built computers.
SO yeah i know not about a video game but think of it as amd leaving the pc space but this is ekwb that could be leaving water cooling in the pc space
Jayz2cents a supporter of there products also has issues
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As someone that has built a watercooling rig. EK is big, but there's so many numerous watercooling part companies out there. EK's stuff isn't exactly amazing quality for the price compared to others either, it's just ok. Much like Corsair. The impact would be negligible long term. For perspective the majority of my parts are XSPC, at most I use EK for my gpu waterblocks and fittings. Both easily replaceable.
lol it been proven wii does NOT help reduce fat.
Go play some football looser.
"But, bu, but! Wii Fit! Wii Fit is exercise."
Not really. It's movement, its 'activity' but it's hardly strenuous, maintained and result driven exercise.
I have a kinesiology degree, I have trained every level of fitness from pre-natal to elderly to athletics. I was a fitness director for Goodlife for 3 years. Take my advice. You don't need an $80 piece of plastic (not including the $250 machine) to do push-ups. You just need a floor.
It's great that this sort of thing - in theory - motivates people to move more. But nothing can replace ACTUAL exercise for results. I'm sure that there are a few fanatics out there who will attempt to prove those who share my thinking wrong - doing Wii Fit 3 times per day, doing the push-up routine 8 times. But what they don't realize is that they are in essence doing exercise, which back to my original point, you don't need a Wii to do.
I'm not hating on Wii Fit, I think it's very crafty marketing to a public that is starved for 'quick fixes'. And I applaud those who you the product, and a healthy dose of their OWN SELF DRIVE, to achieve results.
For most people it'll just go the way of the Gazelle (or any other Tony Little, ab, ass, leg, whatever product).
Cheers,
- C
Honestly, for people who are afraid of sunlight and interaction with other people Dance Dance Revolution is the best way to lose weight with a video game. But what people fail to realize is, it doesn't work if you eat pop-tarts or hot pockets in between songs. Also cut down on the soda, drink water or something else.
No, the answer to child obesity is *drums* Dance Dance Revolution.
The answer to child obesity is to go outside and get some exercise. Lazy dorks.