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DDR Fights Fatties

Friday, February 2nd, 2007 at 10:25 am by Jami

Make fun of West Virginia all you want to, but they care about their kids. West Virginia reportedly has some of the highest rates of child obesity in the United States. To combat the rise of the little fatties, they’ve called on Konami’s “Dance Dance Revolution.” The state plans to put a machine in every public school and form after-school DDR clubs for dancing the pounds away.

That almost makes me want to move to West Virginia when I have kids. Almost. I have to say, this is a great idea. I’m sure that once the program gets implemented, they’ll meet with tremendous success. I hope other states follow suit. Hell, this would be a good idea at the office. I know I could use the exercise and I’m pretty sure a lot of people in the corporate workplace could use a little dancing to blow off some steam. Hmm… I think I have a quarterly initiatve for myself!

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3 Responses to “DDR Fights Fatties”

  1. AvatarBrian
    Posted: Feb 2nd, 2007 at 2:01 pm
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    OK, I know this sounds like your standard “adults trying to relate to the young’uns” scenario, but I am a huge man, and I lost 30 pounds one summer not so long ago by spending my tuesdays on the DDR and Disney’s Rave machines at the local Boomer’s $10 Day. True, I watched what I ate as well, but that’s some kickin’ cardio to add to it. Who knew a Virginia could get such a good idea through the bureaucratic muck, eh?

  2. AvatarJami
    Posted: Feb 2nd, 2007 at 2:08 pm
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    Man, I gotta get back on the wagon. I’m grossly out of shape. I have no excuse. There’s a Dave in Busters literally down the street from me AND I’ve got home versions of DDR and Pump It Up.

  3. Avatarwarrior_monk721
    Posted: Mar 8th, 2007 at 1:09 am
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    Makes me want to try it out. I need the exercise badly. :(

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