This holiday season Wii Fit has been selling like hotcakes. It has been impossible to find them anywhere, as every housewife on the planet longs for the chance to have Mario call them a fat ass. Ironically, though the game is named Wii Fit, there has been little or no scientific evidence to support the Fit portion of the product’s name.
Seeing the obvious discrepancy in this logic, UPI.com is reporting that researchers at the University of Mississippi are checking to see if Nintendo’s most recent breadwinner will actually make you more physically fit.
“Obesity has become an epidemic in the United States, and one of the reasons is the adults and children are getting less physical activity,” Owens says in a statement. “There has been an upswing in sales of whole body movement video games over the past few years. This potentially could help family fitness, so we are looking at the research aspect to see if family fitness improves after purchasing one of these whole body movement game consoles.” — Researcher, Scott Owens via UPI.com
The study chronicles 8 different families that were given Wii Fit for six weeks. After the six weeks are up, the Wii Fit will be taken away and they will then be monitored to see what changes, if any, occur. Currently there are no results due to the fact that the study is still in progress, but we will keep you posted as soon as there are any updates.
As for me, I am going to get a refill on my Big Gulp and a fresh bag of Doritos. Guess that is another strike against my new years resolution…
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