Active and non-active video gaming among Dutch adolescents: Who plays and how much?

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 597-601

  Simons, Monique ^a,b,c   de Vet, Emely ^a   Brug, Johannes ^c   Seidell, Jaap ^a   Chinapaw, Mai J M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Demography; Exergames; Physical activity; Sedentary lifestyle; Video games

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PLAY; PREVALENCE; RECREATION; SCHOOL; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXERCISE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 84908040595     PISSN: 14402440     EISSN: 18781861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2013.10.250     Document Type: Article

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