Although at first we are reluctant to the idea that children are hooked to video games, and we have commented many times the disadvantages that they pose from the point of view of sedentary lifestyle and the increase in obesity in children, not everything has to be cons when using these machines.
Since the creation of consoles with remote control in which the child needs to move actively to play, the picture is changing. The commercial houses of this type of games have been announcing for months that the use of them can supplant physical exercise that is done in the street, but we all thought that this statement was only to increase its publicity.
Now a couple of scientists from the University of Hong Kong have wanted to check if this marketing is a reality. They have seen that the use of video games that require physical activity they get children to exercise really and significantly increases energy expenditure, as published in the American magazine "Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine."
If you compare these consoles with those of a lifetime in which you play through a command by moving only your fingers, it turns out that the calorie expenditure is increased by four times.
In addition, if the child plays in a constant and regular way, it is possible to get the child to perform an important physical activity, and that he would not do otherwise, since the use of video games is something that motivates children today in day and unfortunately, sport much less.
Via | The world
