Latest Weapon Against Child Obesity: A Video Game

Every middle school in West Virgina, 157 in all, is going to recieve "Dance Dance Revolution," a video game that going to help children melt away those extra pounds using the amazing power of dance. This is part of a new statewide progam designed to end child obesity in West Virgina-one of the top three states with obesity issues-and, perhaps one day, the country.

It the project goes well, all 753 public schools in the state will have the the game within three years.

Here's who the game works according to CNN.com:

Game players move their feet on a special mat to correspond to arrows that scroll on the TV screen. The player must tap the same symbols on the mat at just the right time to do well.

The plan is a wonderful idea, but isn't it a bit wrong for students to weasel their way out of sports? I'm not saying kids who don't like sports are losers. However, I am saying that children have enough video games at home. Sometimes children have to go outside a toss a ball around.