The energy expenditure of an activity-promoting video game compared to sedentary video games and TV watching

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 24, Issue 9-10, 2011, Pages 689-695

  Mitre, Naim ^a,b,c   Foster, Randal C ^b,c   Lanningham Foster, Lorraine ^b,d   Levine, James A ^b  

^a Mayo Clinic College of Medicine   (United States)

^b Endocrine Research Unit   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Energy expenditure; Obesity; Physical activity; Television; Video games

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETRY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; RECREATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; TELEVISION VIEWING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; CHILD; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; TELEVISION; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 80054067759     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: 21910251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPEM.2011.013     Document Type: Article

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