Nine years ago Dance Dance Revolution took our country by storm. Kids were lining up in the arcades to play the heart pumping game that makes you sweat.

Young children were begging their parents to buy them the game so they could play all the time at home.

Now, almost 10 years later the game is being incorporated into Physical Education classes all across the nation. Today more children are playing video games than team sports that require leaving one’s couch and going outside. It’s sad to say it but today’s youth are overweight. Many are even obese.

DDR to reduce childhood obesity