$124.4 Million equals 311,000 Wii’s
This is what a wrote back on another site I created:
Last night’s Australian Budget allocated $124.4 Million for the “Active After-School Communities” program to combat childhood obesity. A worthy pursuit indeed. However, recent research from Liverpool John Moores University showed that playing the Wii results in a child losing up to 12.25kg.
So… let’s say, hypothetically, that the $124.4 Million was spent on Wii’s to combat childhood obesity. That’s 311,000 consoles distributed over about 7,000 schools across Australia. That’s 44 consoles per school. Imagine an after-school program like that!
For the uninitiated, the Wii (which is the now the most popular gaming console) is a video game console that requires players to get up out of their seat and physically wave the controller around to play the game. Here is a clip of Wii Boxing:
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