W. Virginia uses dance video game to fight obesity (Reuters


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060126/hl_nm/media_konami_dc"><img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20060125/capt.ny11001250819.fitness_obesity_game_ny110.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=pX8qELAFWUh6.Dx5jyO.hA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Mark Shephard, 18, and Stephanie Bellman, 18, follow the arrows on a television screen while using the video game 'Dance Dance Revolution' during their health class March 17, 2005, at Morgantown High School in Morgantown, W.Va. The school was one of 20 participating in a pilot project in the state using the video game to increase activity and fight childhood obesity. All of the state's 157 middle schools are expecting to get the video game, and officials hope to put it in all 753 public schools within three years. (AP Photo/Joe Sadlek, File)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Children in West Virginia's public
schools will be required to play Konami Digital Entertainment
Inc.'s popular "Dance Dance Revolution" video game under a deal
to help the state battle rising childhood obesity rates, the
company said on Wednesday.</p><br clear=all>