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It's official. Wii use can cause weight loss
LOS ANGELES, Jan 19 (Reuters Life!) - Video gamers who'd rather battle virtual villains than fight the flab can take heart. Use of the new Nintendo Wii can lead to weight loss.

After six weeks and 21 hours of total game play on Nintendo Co. Ltd.'s new game console, Philadelphia resident Mickey DeLorenzo is nine pounds (4 kgs) lighter and making a splash with his new svelte self.

"I'm on my 15 minutes here," he joked, referring to the famous Andy Warhol quote about 15 minutes of fame, in a telephone interview with Reuters on Friday.

DeLorenzo, 25, came up with the idea for his experiment after he and his fiancee ended up breathless and glistening with sweat after virtually pummelling each other in the "Wii Sports" boxing game.

"On the fly, as I was typing my blog posts, I set up a daily regimen and went at it 100 percent," said DeLorenzo, who tipped the scales at 181 pounds -- where he's been for the last couple years -- when he started the experiment on December 3.

He ate as usual and didn't deprive himself during the holidays. The only thing that changed was the addition of daily, 30-minute sessions of Wii tennis, bowling, boxing or baseball.

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Video game playing may fulfill innate human need .
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Playing video games can satisfy deep psychological needs and, at least in the short term, improve people's well-being, new research shows.

The more a game fulfilled a player's sense of independence, achievement and connectedness to others, the more likely he or she was to keep playing, Dr. Scott Rigby of Immersyve, a Florida-based virtual environment think tank, and colleagues from the University of Rochester in New York found. And the more fully a player's needs were satisfied, the better he felt after playing.

"We think this is really one of the first validated models of what is going on psychologically when people are playing video games," Rigby told Reuters Health in an interview. To date, he noted, research on video games has focused on their potentially harmful effects, such as promoting social isolation, addiction, and violence.

While the findings don't prove that "video games are always good for you," Rigby noted, they do help to provide a more balanced understanding of people's motivations for playing them. "We're trying to in some sense normalize how people look at video games, rather than seeing them as having some mystical power to addict."

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bloodymassacre

Wow lol. That would be a nice addition to every fat nerd gamers life.

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state-property

I should deffinatly buy Nintendo Wii, Get my largness into shape.

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UseSoap

Im skinny and in shape (cause i play sports unlike *cough* *cough* you guys *cough*) so no big deal, but its still pretty cool that it makes u lose weight.

On the wii though you can be lazy and just flick your wrist too. Played it today

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Ogre

Lets take a peeksy at your statement up there and why it is wrong. You have no idea what any of us do. For instance you dont know that i box, wrestle, play football, run track, and cross country. so next time lets try not to say stupid things.

and even for the benefits of the wii i still wouldnt get it for its lack of interest to me.

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MrOrange

You wrestle, run track, and do cross country? Those are the things my brother does. And I respect my brother the more then almost anyone else. But anyway that awesome.

Ogre

its fun to work out lol.

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MrOrange

Well I told my friend that the wii would make people lose weight. But then again he's a guy who's on the swimming team so I guess he's in great shape.

Yeah I agree that working out is fun. I just hate the fact that when I start to sweat my head gets so itchy.

LegendaryArcher

I think there might be another reason for that. :wink: :wink:

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MrOrange

I don't have lice. It's genenics. It happens when I eat something too spicy also. And this is getting out of topic.

yebeth1234

ok i know this is a little old but i wanted to ask how do you run cross-country and play football if they are in the same season. i mean i play those and others outside of school but i mainly focus on skiing, XC, and track and field

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MrOrange

I just do track and field so I have nothing to worry about. But I really should do some more after school activities.

Ogre

you dont have to do everything through school. haha.

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MrOrange

Yeah but it gives you school credit for college. Which I need so I plan to start next year.