Are Active Video Games Effective at Eliciting Moderate-Intensity Physical Activity in Children, and Do They Enjoy Playing Them?

Background: Despite current physical activity (PA) guidelines, children spend an average of 1-3 hours/day playing video games. Some video games offer physically active components as part of gameplay. We sought to determine if these active video games (AVGs) can elicit at least moderate PA in childre...

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Main Authors: Kambiz Norozi, MD, PhD, Robert Haworth, PhD, Adam A. Dempsey, PhD, Kaitlin Endres, BSc, Luis Altamirano-Diaz, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-11-01
Series:CJC Open
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589790X20301013