My Health Coach preview for Nintendo DS

Who says gaming makes you fat? This summer there's a new way to keep in shape with My Health Coach: Weight Management on the Nintendo DS, a nifty package that will help you track your weight and fitness and give you challenges to help you on the road to health. It's designed to be used for short periods every day, a bit like Brain Training, and aims to make getting and staying fit more fun. Will it be enough to get you off the sofa? We've got a hands on preview of My Health Coach this month - find out more in this issue of HGZine.

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My Health Coach preview for Nintendo DS
Seizing on the current obesity epidemic apparently plaguing the UK, Ubisoft has created what, for many Nintendo fans, is going to be the ideal handheld accompaniment to the soon-to-be-massive Wii Fit. Though a simple piece of DS software might not seem like the perfect answer to this health malaise, it seems as if Ubisoft has crafted something ingenious here.

Arguably the most important part of the package isn't the cartridge itself, but the bundled pedometer. Neatly clipping onto your trousers, this will measure the number of steps you take during the day, with the idea being that you plug it into your DS of an evening to see how much exercise you're getting, and whether you need to be a little more active. Like Brain Training, it's designed to be played for ten to fifteen minutes per day, with short minigames and quizzes included to make losing weight a little more fun.