Nintendo Responds Back To Me About Health Concerns Regarding It’s Wii System
Posted on March 25, 2009 by admin
As many people who have heard me on the radio in recent months already know, I have led a call for companies such as Nintendo to do a better job addressing the ill effects of its video games on the health and fitness attitudes of generations of kids (and adults) who are addicted to their very entertaining (and very successful) video game products. Entertainment is a good thing, but at what expense? Follow my letter to Nintendo here
Dorothy Caravias,
Manager Consumer Administration
Nintendo of America Inc.
4820 150th Avenue N.E.,
Redmond, WA.98052Dear Ms. Caravias,
I appreciate you getting back to me about my concerns regarding your Nintendo Wii system. I believe that there are many social and physical benefits to the Wii system and with my help it can become an extremely beneficial tool to help eradicate the epidemic of obesity around the World. At this time there are several factors which can cause injuries to those who use it and I would like the opportunity to meet with you in person to discuss some of the changes that I believe can be made in order to make this a better and safer system.
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