Product Description

- Designed to be engaging and fun ! - Create your own personal profile ! - 10 coaching sessions ! - Real life landmarks scales ! - Also features trivia games, hints & tips ! Balance the food you eat and acquire good nutrition habits ! This game comes wi

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #520 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: UBI Soft
• Released on: 2008-06-20
• Platform: Nintendo DS

Manufacturer's Description

More than two thirds of UK inhabitants have overweight, and almost 25% of them are obese (source World Health Organization). All over Europe, the number of people that are overweight is increasing every year, and there are common concerns about obtaining a healthier way of life, changing nutrition habits and finding the energy to exercise in order to loose those extra kilos.

My Health Coach: Weight Management has been designed to be an engaging and fun method to help reach and maintain a proper balance between the food you eat and the physical exercises you perform. When other methods keep you in front of your TV or send you to the closest gym, My Health Coach Weight Management slips in your pocket so your personal coach is always at hand, and will keep you motivated as it fits in your daily routine.

No more lack of motivation!

My Health Coach: Weight Management is totally adapted to the needs of our modern lifestyles. Instead of putting you under pressure and setting you distant objectives, it is a fun, short and rewarding method to help you and guide you, step by step, to a healthier more balanced lifestyle. After just 10 to 15 minutes playing each day, the coaching sessions, daily challenges, mini-games and quizzes will leave you feeling the difference.

If you take healthy steps, how far would you go?

For the first time on Nintendo DS, My Health Coach: Weight Management includes an exclusive device: a pedometer. Record your daily activity as you would with any normal pedometer, then simply slot it into the DS and transfer your efforts into your personalized health program!

An added fun incentive is that all your efforts and achievements are translated into distance. Eat better, exercise a bit and keep a track of your daily walking distance with the pedometer... and you will soon have traveled the distance equivalent to the Great Wall of China!

Apart from the physical challenges and daily sessions, My Health Coach: Weight Management also features trivia games, hints and tips so that you can learn everything you need to know about proper nutrition and working out.

Customer Reviews

Just a bit of fun
I won't waste space by repeating gameplay details, already in other reviews.

The biggest disappointment for me is that you can only have one user's details on the game card. The only other problem is that the game does not take into account the nutritional value of your food intake, only the energy value. So it is not much help for dieters who want to watch how much sugar, fat etc they are having. The game does include quizzes to test your nutrition knowledge, however.

There are a variety of Challenges which are all optional, although the game recommends that you complete at least one per day. Some of these include looking up how to bake something, trying to go 24 hours without junk food or spending a few minutes doing a particular exercise. With the reward of seeing your distance score go up, Jumping Jacks and lunges have never been so much fun!

Another fun aspect of the game is using the pedometer. The game will iniitally challenge you to a couple of thousand steps a day, and the target increases as you achieve it more frequently. Reaching for that big number makes you feel motivated about what might otherwise seem boring exercise!

Due to its lack of precision, I would recommend My Health Coach to someone who wants to challenge their eating habits and enjoy exercise, rather than those serious about losing weight.

motivation
My Health Coach is excellent overall.
It gives you the motivation to move more, as you want to reach the 6000 steps on the pedometer every day!
There has been criticism about the size of the pedometer, but you don't notice it is there really.
The challenges are very achievable. I suffer from chronic back pain,and can't do things like jumping jacks, so I use 1 kilo weights instead,which shows anyone can benefit from this game.
The presentation is excellent and fun, I love the spiral note pad look!
The advice given is very sensible, especially about food.
The only criticism I have is about measuring your food consumption. It is very approximative and the choice of foods is very limited. It might have been less fun the have a list to choose from instead of feeding a stick person, but it would be more accurate! For instance,when you choose a yogurt,it could be anything between 50 and 300 calories,and things like avocado arent there.
Overall,My Health Coach does exactly what I wanted it to do, which is to motivate me to move more.

i think this is great
I love this! I am terminally unfit and overweight and have just joined a gym again for the first time in ages. This "game" actually makes me want to come home and log my results! I feel like there is someone who cares and pats me on the back when I have done well (altho my husband does do this as well!). I like the fact that the food just needs to balance - ie not spending ages detailing every little thing you eat - just a healthy balance.

I think it's fab!