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Can a game revolutionize student physical fitness?Replies from students at Old Vail Middle School
Tucson, Arizona | Published: 02.02.2006
The revolution will be televised — if you're a student in West Virginia looking to get fit, that is.
The state, with one of the nation's most severe obesity problems, is adding the video game "Dance Dance Revolution" to its 157 middle schools with the hope of putting it in all 753 public schools eventually, according to The Associated Press.
The aim is to boost students' physical activity with the game, which requires players to move their feet on a mat that corresponds to action on-screen.
We asked three students at Old Vail Middle School if they thought using "Dance Dance Revolution" to boost student activity was a good idea or not.
"Yeah, because it would keep (the students) more active and moving their body. It's fun ... I've seen other people play it."
James Counes, 13, seventh grade
"I think it's a great idea because kids would want to exercise more. But then everything has a downside, and it would have kids waiting in line to be able to play it, probably."
Dakota Franklin, 12, sixth grade
"It's a good idea as long as you're in physical movement and you're actually moving around. It doesn't affect me — I don't play video games that much."
Haley Flowers, 13, eighth grade
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