Playing active video games increases energy expenditure in children

Pediatrics

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 534-540

  Graf, Diana L ^a   Pratt, Lauren V ^a   Hester, Casey N ^a   Short, Kevin R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CMRI Diabetes and Metabolic Research Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Indirect calorimetry; Physical activity; Video games

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTICITY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECREATION; SCHOOL CHILD; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

ADOLESCENT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CALORIMETRY, INDIRECT; CHILD; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OVERWEIGHT; PHYSICAL EXERTION; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VIDEO GAMES; WALKING;

EID: 67749122191     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-2851     Document Type: Article

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