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| Title |
Active video games as a tool to prevent excessive weight gain in adolescents: rationale, design and methods of a randomized controlled trial
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| Published in |
BMC Public Health, March 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2458-14-275 |
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| Authors |
Monique Simons, Mai JM Chinapaw, Maaike van de Bovenkamp, Michiel R de Boer, Jacob C Seidell, Johannes Brug, Emely de Vet |
| Abstract |
Excessive body weight, low physical activity and excessive sedentary time in youth are major public health concerns. A new generation of video games, the ones that require physical activity to play the games--i.e. active games--may be a promising alternative to traditional non-active games to promote physical activity and reduce sedentary behaviors in youth. The aim of this manuscript is to describe the design of a study evaluating the effects of a family oriented active game intervention, incorporating several motivational elements, on anthropometrics and health behaviors in adolescents. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 9 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 4 | 44% |
| Netherlands | 2 | 22% |
| Unknown | 3 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 5 | 56% |
| Scientists | 2 | 22% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 22% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 320 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 2 | <1% |
| United States | 2 | <1% |
| Mexico | 1 | <1% |
| Colombia | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 314 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 59 | 18% |
| Student > Bachelor | 41 | 13% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 38 | 12% |
| Researcher | 29 | 9% |
| Unspecified | 21 | 7% |
| Other | 70 | 22% |
| Unknown | 62 | 19% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 41 | 13% |
| Psychology | 40 | 13% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 33 | 10% |
| Sports and Recreations | 26 | 8% |
| Social Sciences | 23 | 7% |
| Other | 83 | 26% |
| Unknown | 74 | 23% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 6. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 16 June 2015.
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#5,663,710
of 23,005,189 outputs
Outputs from BMC Public Health
#5,599
of 14,986 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#52,596
of 224,555 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Public Health
#86
of 251 outputs
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