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There seems to be a general perception that the motion-registering Wii is a prime fitness device, with gamers being more physically involved in a Wii title as compared to other game platforms. But according to BBC News, experts in the UK don’t think too highly of the Wii as a fitness machine.

A British Medical Journal study has revealed that the energy released during a Wii Sports session is of a much lower intensity compared to actually playing the sport. Although Wii might not be able to substitute actual physical fitness programs, the study has found that it might still be able to help reduce obesity among kids.

There are plenty of reasons for you to play the Wii and it shouldn’t really matter if there is one less excuse – it’s probably time to break a real sweat on that rusting treadmill. However, Nintendo might not be too happy with these findings as it has been pompously hawking the console as a fitness machine, if Wii Sports and Wii Fit are anything to go by.

Read [BBC] via [Wii Blog]