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Is it true that video games can actually make you healthier? Usually video games are thought of as an impediment to a healthy lifestyle. Most video games have you sitting inside without moving when you could be getting physical activity. But there are video games that get you moving and add to your health. Here are 7 video games that actually make you healthier.

Dance Dance Revolution

This game has been around for a while. You try to match your dance steps with the action on the screen and in doing so can get some good exercise. There are various difficulty levels so you can pick the one that is right for you. This is one of those games that is so much fun that you can forget that you’re even exercising. You can even compete with friends to spread the healthy fun around.

Jillian Michaels’ Fitness Ultimatum 2009

This video game for Wii Fit provides you with a complete path to fitness. With this game you are privy to workouts, general exercise advice, and soothing cooldowns. If you want to be guided to fitness every step of the way then this might be just the game for you.

My Fitness Coach

My Fitness Coach works with Nintendo Wii gives you a virtual personal trainer in the comfort of your own home. This is ideal for those who need a lot of direction to get a workout program started but who do not wish to head to the gym for a flesh and blood trainer. Through this game you can be taught almost 500 cardio exercises, strength training exercises, and much more.

My Weight Loss Coach

My Weight Loss Coach for Nintendo DS takes a slightly different approach. Included in its offerings is a pedometer that you can use to keep track of how many steps you take on a daily basis. This information can then be inputted into the game. You can create goals and work toward them.

Wii Fit Plus

The Wii Fit Plus game lets you decide how much time you want to spend on workouts and to decide what you want to work on with your workouts.

What’s Cooking With Jamie Oliver

What’s Cooking With Jamie Oliver for the Nintendo DS is just as it sounds. It is a video game centered around cooking. It offers up hundreds of real life recipes that you can cook up in your kitchen. With the healthy recipes offered here, this video game can actually make you healthier when you start cooking them up for real.

Gourmet Chef

Gourmet Chef for the Nintendo DS leads you through the wonderful world of French cooking. This video game reaches for realism as you chop, mix and cook more than 70 real meals. If you transfer healthy cooking skills to your real life then this game will make you healthier.

These 7 video games actually make you healthier. It is not video games that are bad for you. Video games are just tools. Whether they are healthy or not is all in which ones you choose and how you use them.

Thomas Rheinecker writes about how get an MHA online.