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Positive health impact of Pokemon Go soon diminishes

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Published Wed, Dec 14, 2016 · 09:50 PM

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    IT HAS been hailed as a revolutionary way to get people moving, using smartphones to pursue cartoon creatures through city parks and streets on foot, instead of taking the car or metro.

    But has Pokemon Go made people more active and healthy? A study on Wednesday reported mixed success.

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