Active video games as a tool to prevent excessive weight gain in adolescents: Rationale, design and methods of a randomized controlled trial

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Simons, Monique ^a,b,c   Chinapaw, Mai Jm ^b   Van De Bovenkamp, Maaike ^a   De Boer, Michiel R ^a   Seidell, Jacob C ^a   Brug, Johannes ^b   De Vet, Emely ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Active games; Adolescent; Excessive body weight; Exergames; Overweight; Physical activity; Prevention; Randomized controlled trial; Sedentary lifestyle; Video games

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PERCEPTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECREATION; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PERCEPTION; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; VIDEO GAMES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84902159471     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-275     Document Type: Article

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