The Quest to Lava Mountain: Using Video Games for Dietary Change in Children

Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 112, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1334-1336

  Beasley, Nancy ^a   Sharma, Shreela ^a   Shegog, Ross ^b   Huber, Rachel ^a   Abernathy, Paige ^a   Smith, Carolyn ^a   Hoelscher, Deanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Division of Behavioral Sciences of communication and dissemination   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Dietary change; Nutrition; Video game; Web based

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EDUCATION; EXERCISE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RECREATION;

CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION SCIENCES; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EXERCISE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 84865534040     PISSN: 22122672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jand.2012.05.010     Document Type: Article

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