Sitting on the sofa, or rather, sprawling, while we watch TV or play some video game or read some magazine is an image that even the most athletic of us know well.
Who has never taken a relaxing break or just relaxed by watching a movie after dinner?

Among the traps that have worsened our quality of life, that of a sedentary lifestyle is the most insidious .
So much so that in America we start talking about ” Sedentary is the new smoking “.
That is, a sedentary lifestyle is as dangerous as smoking.

And in particular, video game enthusiasts and people who sit for hours in front of the computer have always been considered two categories at risk.
If we were to think of an overweight guy, we would most likely associate him with this image.

A sofa or a chair and video games behind which to lose your head and health for hours, without ever getting up from there and maybe having something to eat, right?
But from today, even the video game becomes a tool for losing weight.

THE VIDEO GAME FOR SLIMMING

In fact, a video game was the object of study by a group of researchers from the University of Exter.
Who would have devised a program capable of educating people to healthier food choices, then publishing the results of the study in the journal Appetite .

The video game was based on the identification of some dishes, which the sample of volunteers, all overweight, had to then let pass at the table or “stop”, making them go back.

After six months of this video game, the participants naturally lost weight.

They claimed to have had less craving for “forbidden” foods, to have changed their relationship with food, to have started eating less without even realizing it.
And to have changed their eating habits, from going out to eat out to shopping at the supermarket.
The researchers found that the study sample cut 220 calories a day after playing the video game : the latter should be distributed for free soon, possibly downloadable online.

Waiting to understand more, here’s how to make video game fans lose weight. 

First of all with Foodzy,  an app that allows us to monitor what we eat.
And then with Dance Dance Revolution , a game for Wii that allows you to dance by imitating the steps we see on the screen.