Active Video Games and Weight Management: Is There a Future?

Maddison, Ralph; Ni Mhurchu, Cliona; Jull, Andrew; Marsh, Samantha; Direito, A

Active Video Games and Weight Management: Is There a Future?

Maddison, Ralph ; Ni Mhurchu, Cliona ; Jull, Andrew ; Marsh, Samantha ; Direito, A

Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/2292/22814

Issue Date: 2013

Reference: Games for Health Journal, 2013, 2 (3), pp. 179 - 182

Rights (URI): https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/docs/uoa-docs/rights.htm

Abstract:

We evaluated the effects of an active videogame (AVG) intervention (Sony [Tokyo, Japan] PlayStation® EyeToy®) compared with non-AVGs on body composition, physical activity, sedentary behavior, and snack food consumption among overweight 10–12-year-old children over 24 weeks. Our research showed a treatment effect on body mass index and percentage body fat in favor of the intervention group. There was no difference between groups for total physical activity levels, but there was an increase in self-reported AVG play and reductions in non-AVG play and snack food consumption in the intervention group. Research is needed to determine how to augment the effects observed in this study.

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