Comments on: Fisher Price Joins Exergaming Ranks

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 17 May 2007 17:42:50 +0000

Laura,

Saw your post on the Rudd Center blog and wanted to come say hi. After I posted this piece, news about the treadmill desk from Professor Levine at the Mayo Clinic hit the news. I agreee with both Megan and iportion, this is truly a mixed bag. Do we want kids exercising outside so badly that we will turn away from an indoor exercise opportunity that they will really use, or are we supporting outdoor exercise opportunities so poorly that we substitute these products for real change? With the treadmill desk at work, many of us are stuck working in office jobs, so the opportunity to work out while typing away might be just what we need to increase population-wide fitness. As for the Qmotion, I've seen a few gyms with exergames. I would love it if my gym picked up the idea.

By: iportion

iportion — Wed, 16 May 2007 18:53:26 +0000

In bigger cittes there are fewer places to play so it might be perfect for them.

By: Megan

Megan — Tue, 15 May 2007 18:07:26 +0000

Interesting idea, although I'm not sure I will be rushing to the store to buy it. I think I would rather my kids ran outside & played. Plus, they have very little time that they are allowed to watch t.v. (maybe a couple of hours a week), so I don't want to encourage video games. But it's a personal choice for every parent to make as to whether it's a good idea for their family.

By: iportion

iportion — Tue, 15 May 2007 17:41:54 +0000

That is so cool

By: B.

B. — Tue, 15 May 2007 17:24:29 +0000

Oh lord, must everything be commodotized?

(Sorry, I already had a long rant about every aspect of our lives getting commodotized going in my head today and seeing this probably expensive toy for kids to exercise on ! just triggered it again.)