What serious video games can offer child obesity prevention

JMIR Serious Games

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Thompson, Debbe ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Formative research; Obesity prevention; Qualitative research; Serious video games; Teenagers

Indexed keywords

EID: 85098533010     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22919279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/games.3480     Document Type: Article

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