WiiFIt for half an hour a day can help.

phoenix

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• Dec 10, 2013

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Well, it can help a bit, they weren't massive reductions but people who did wiifit for half and hour a day for 12 weeks lowered HbA1c, weight and fasting glucose.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-25302011
http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6823/13/57/abstract

 

noblehead

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• Dec 10, 2013

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As the article says any exercise is good.

 

hale710

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• Dec 10, 2013

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Any exercise is better than none!

We use Just Dance on the wii quite a lot. Gets you surprisingly out of breath!

 

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• Jan 20, 2014

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Zimbabwe is a good one on there

 

mrman

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• Jan 20, 2014

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me, my son and wife have loads of fun on the wii. good exercise and you don't even realise cause its so much fun.

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kerrygrant26

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• Jan 20, 2014

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hmm I think I better wipe off the layer of dust on my wii fit and get back to dancing like an idiot Thanks for the tip!

 

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• Jan 20, 2014

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Good idea !


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lacey1

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• Jan 20, 2014

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just dance is brill love it and a fab work out

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kerrygrant26

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• Jan 21, 2014

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lacey1 said:

just dance is brill love it and a fab work out

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Im the same - but got to make sure I close the living room curtains, it's definitely not a spectator sport haha

 

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• Jan 21, 2014

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My mum and dad got a wii with wiifit a few years ago with the vision of using it for maybe an hour a week and lose some weight (my mum isn't the most active person ever) and well... my mum got on the board and it went through all the testing, weighing, yada yada yada and told her she had a fitness age of about 15 years above her actual age! Needless to say, she never used it again