Impact of exergaming on young children's school day energy expenditure and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity levels

Journal of Sport and Health Science

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 11-16

  Gao, Zan ^a   Pope, Zachary ^a   Lee, Jung Eun ^b   Stodden, David ^c   Roncesvalles, Nida ^d   Pasco, Denis ^e   Huang, Charles C ^f   Feng, Du ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITÉ BOURGOGNE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^f Wayland Baptist University   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Active video games; Childhood obesity; Light physical activity; Moderate to vigorous physical activity; Physical education; Sedentary behavior

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CURRICULUM; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; EXERCISE; EXERCISE INTENSITY; EXERGAMING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; VIDEO GAME;

EID: 85010876677     PISSN: 20952546     EISSN: 22132961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jshs.2016.11.008     Document Type: Article

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