It wasn’t so long ago that researchers reported that letting kids play video games — active “exergames,” that is — could help them burn energy. Now the latest study shows … maybe not so much. The ...

It may be healthier than sitting on the couch, but an informal research project suggests the health benfits of Nintendo's revolutionary Wii video games have been slightly oversold. The still ...

REUTERS - Virtual boxing, tennis and dancing along with video game systems may not be helping children meet daily exercise requirements, according to a U.S. study. Researchers from Baylor College of ...

Dear Dr. Gott: My 12-year-old son has been bugging me to get him a Nintendo Wii. He reasons that it is not like other gaming systems because body movement is required to play the games, thus he will ...

Sure, exercise is good for you. The only problem for many people is the part where you have to get up and actually move around. But what if you could turn the activity into a fun game? That's the idea ...

NEW YORK — Talk about strange bedfellows. The American Heart Association and Nintendo are teaming up to promote the popular Wii video game console, as the health advocacy group concedes its campaign ...

Since its launch in 2006, the Wii succeeded in doing something few consoles could ever dream of: it got players off the couch. Sure, the movement required to make your Mii bowl of play baseball wasn’t ...

Nintendo’s madly popular video game system (pronounced "we"), which requires the player or players to simulate the actual physical movement of a game, is on a lot of Christmas wish lists, for both ...

With one eye on the Christmas turkey and another on the waistband, now seems like the perfect time to get acquainted with the latest entry in Nintendo's popular Wii Fit series. What to Read Next ...

SAN FRANCISCO, May 16 (Reuters) - For years, video games have been blamed for turning kids into idle layabouts who only venture off the couch to fill up on potato chips and soda. Nintendo Co Ltd <7974 ...