In A New Study, Video Games Helped People Lose Weight

Patients who learned weight maintenance techniques through the game "Second Life" were more likely to keep the weight off. Videogames and weight loss are an odd pairing, but in a study, researchers found the game "Second Life" might have some applications for weight loss--or at least weight "maintenance." A team from The University of Kansas Medical Center took 20 overweight or obese people and put them through a three-month weight loss program, in which they either visited a weight-loss clinic ...