Pokémon Go: A game changer for the physical inactivity crisis?

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 101, Issue , 2017, Pages 235-237

  LeBlanc, Allana G ^a   Chaput, Jean Philippe ^b  

^a ParticipACTION   (Canada)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Intervention; Physical activity; Technology

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CALORIC INTAKE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CRISIS THEORY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DISTRACTED DRIVING; FOLLOW UP; GAME ADDICTION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HEALTHY LIFESTYLE; HUMAN; MOBILE PHONE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MOTIVATION; NOTE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL INACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POKEMON GO; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEMS RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; SMARTPHONE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TELEVISION; UNITED STATES; VIDEO GAME; WALKING; WEB BROWSER; EXERCISE; MOBILE APPLICATION; RECREATIONAL GAME;

EXERCISE; GAMES, RECREATIONAL; HUMANS; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; MOTIVATION; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 85006946030     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2016.11.012     Document Type: Note

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