Faculty members Linda Carson and Emily Murphy were recently interviewed by British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) correspondent Andy Gallacher for their ground-breaking West Virginia Games for Health research project.
The study is sponsored by the Public Employees Insurance Agency (PEIA). The BBC interview highlighted research conducted by Carson, Ware Distinguished Professor of the School of Physical Education, and Murphy, pediatric exercise physiologist with the School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics. The home-based project, involving primarily children of PEIA policy holders, has shown that consistent use of the video game, Dance Dance Revolution (DDR), manufactured by Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc., improved the health, attitudes and behaviors of participating children.
Gallacher and video producer Otto Inman visited the WVU campus Thursday (May 17) to conduct the interviews. The BBC news team also visited South Middle School in Morgantown to report on the implementation of DDR in the state’s public schools. Gallacher*s report was submitted to BBC Breakfast, which appears on BBC One in Britain, as well as BBC World Service and BBC Radio 4. The time and date the segment will air has not yet been determined. The Games for Health project was also recently featured in the April 30 edition of The New York Times.
Posted by Matt Livengood on May 21, 2007 at 2:45 pm in the following categories: Choosy Kids
