Wii Could Be What the Doctor Ordered

crimeandpunishment writes "The American Heart Association and Nintendo are teaming up to promote Wii. The popular games can be branded with the AHA's logo, to indicate that they're considered a healthy choice. As part of the deal, Nintendo will donate $1.5 million to the AHA. The Heart Association is concerned about childhood obesity, and now concedes that its campaign for traditional forms of exercise just isn't getting through."

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wii has an unfair advantage over real exercise....

[ibsteve2u]

At least for too many urban kids...all the gangbangers, bodies, destruction, and poverty on the wii screen ain't real and can be turned off with a flick of a switch. The kid who lives in inner city America who wants to go down to the park first has be willing to run the gauntlet to get there, and then has to be willing to go the limit to defend their patch of the park.

If we wanted to combat obesity, we'd work to make it safe for kids to go outside again. But not we Americans...apparently due to unhappiness with the deadly efficacy of the gangbangers we can grow ourselves, we let new ones flood over the border.