The narrative impact of active video games on physical activity among children: A feasibility study

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2016, Pages

  Lu, Amy Shirong ^a   Baranowski, Tom ^b   Hong, S Lee ^c   Buday, Richard ^d   Thompson, Debbe ^b   Beltran, Alicia ^b   Dadabhoy, Hafza Razak ^b   Chen, Tzu An ^e  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Information Control Company   (United States)

^d Archimage Inc   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Child health; Child obesity; Motivation; Narration; Video games

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECTS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VIDEO GAME;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXERCISE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; NARRATION; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 84994434577     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.6538     Document Type: Article

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