Active Video Games Are No Replacement for Activity
Kelly Murumets
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Posted 02.19.2013
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Canada Living
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Canada Living News
Lately, there's been a lot of buzz about active video games being a new tech solution to the inactivity crisis in Canadian kids. While active video games -- also called exergames -- may seem like a plausible way to get kids to exercise more, a recent review of academic literature suggests this may not be the case.
