Tag: CALORIES

The U-Move nunchuck controller is like a drill sergeant for the Wii. This little peripheral uses a pedometer to keep track of every step you take, and will let you know exactly how many calories you burn while playing any Wii or Wii-Fit game. Thing is, you'll have to keep moving at all times, in order to "energize" your on-screen character. The minute you stop bouncing around, your thumb ...

Looking for a legitimate excuse to play video games instead of going to the gym? Bill Bailey has it. Bailey, a professor of Exercise Science at BYU, recently discovered that kids who play physically intensive video games can actually get enough exercise to meet federally recommended requirements for physical activity. In his study, Bailey examined 39 middle school-aged children, of various ...

Shame is a powerful motive. Combined with technology, it's pushing Twitter users to lose weight. A Twitter-based online food diary called Tweet What You Eat is helping users watch what they eat and count the number of calories they consume on a given day. Aside from counting calories, it also gives users extra incentive not to cheat, since the results are posted for everyone to see. There's a ...