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Britain’s NHS thinks so – but watch out for Pilates injuries, writes BRIAN O’CONNELL

SO MUCH FOR the stereotypical image of video gamers as couch-bound, pizza-eating, fizzy drink-swilling layabouts, who see exercise as one of life’s needless interferences. A new game from Nintendo may be about to shatter the cliche and prompt a whole new generation of gamers to get physical. And what’s more, health authorities, traditionally the gamers’ adversaries, appear to be giving it a ringing endorsement.