Healthy With Video Games

This game is specially designed for children aged 9-10 years and not just a means of entertainment for the kids, but also loaded with education. It is taught among others, about how a healthy diet, experiment-an experiment as simple as how to measure sugar in drinks, sports to family activities featuring healthy lifestyle.

Mothers often cranky because her baby difficult to eat, lazy to exercise, at home watching TV and playing video games. However, there is now a new solution using video games to teach healthy lifestyles. This method was introduced by Kaiser Permanente, through the video game "The Incredible Adventures of the Amazing Food Detective".

And what was presented by the TV about diet, daily activities are often mistaken, "said Ray Baxter, head of Kaiser Permanente senior president. At first this game is one of the Kaiser campaign to fight obesity in children, whose numbers have increased three times fold in the last 15 years.

Remarkably, the video game will also be locked after 20 minutes played, and a new active again after 60 minutes. It was deliberately designed so that children are trained not to get too comfortable in front of the computer. "During this time American children spend too much time in front of the TV, they are reluctant to move if it is fun to watch, so their lack of movement.

Similarly, we quoted from Reuters. Approximately six years, Kaiser has been working with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control to combat obesity. The game is available in two versions, English and Spanish are available at www.kp.org / amazingfooddetective and www.cdc.gov.

As a result, about 20 percent of children in the U.S. affected by obesity, and adults there reportedly also been spending a lot of money because of diabetes and other diseases related to obesity. "Preventive and care for children affected by obesity is one strategy to reduce healthcare costs," said William Dietz, obesity and nutrition expert at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,

In addition, Kaiser also plans to distribute this game as a guide for teachers and parents in over 5000 schools in the world by working with Scholastic Inc.