Exergaming for Health: Impact of a Community-Based Active Video Gaming Curriculum in Pediatric Weight Management

NCT02436330

NAINTERVENTIONAL

University of Illinois at Chicago

84 participants

Started 2011-03 · Completed 2013-09

Status: Completed (as of 12-23-2025)

Conditions

Pediatric Obesity

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL: Exergaming BEHAVIORAL: Didactic health teaching

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Total Papers47

Background

9

Result

0

Derived

0

Unknown

38

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Brief Summary

Evaluation of the effectiveness of Exergaming for Health, a community-based multifaceted weight management program in a randomized controlled trial (RCT). Primary objective: to assess impact of the program on BMI z-scores. Secondary objectives: to measure impact on cardiovascular fitness, self-worth, sedentary screen time, and the influence of exergaming component on attendance and participation.

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Background Papers18

Couch potatoes to jumping beans: A pilot study of the effect of active video games on physical activity in children

Couch potatoes to jumping beans: A pilot study of the effect of active video games on physical activity in children

Video Game Play, Child Diet, and Physical Activity Behavior Change

Video Game Play, Child Diet, and Physical Activity Behavior Change

Impact of an Active Video Game on Healthy Children’s Physical Activity

Impact of an Active Video Game on Healthy Children’s Physical Activity

Associations of Sedentary Behavior, Sedentary Bouts and Breaks in Sedentary Time with Cardiometabolic Risk in Children with a Family History of Obesity

Associations of Sedentary Behavior, Sedentary Bouts and Breaks in Sedentary Time with Cardiometabolic Risk in Children with a Family History of Obesity

Moving Beyond the Stigma: Systematic Review of Video Games and Their Potential to Combat Obesity

Moving Beyond the Stigma: Systematic Review of Video Games and Their Potential to Combat Obesity

Energy intake and expenditure during sedentary screen time and motion-controlled video gaming

Energy intake and expenditure during sedentary screen time and motion-controlled video gaming

Active gaming in Dutch adolescents: a descriptive study

Active gaming in Dutch adolescents: a descriptive study

Sensitization and habituation of motivated behavior in overweight and non-overweight children

Sensitization and habituation of motivated behavior in overweight and non-overweight children

Evaluation of the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of Families for Health V2 for the treatment of childhood obesity: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Evaluation of the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of Families for Health V2 for the treatment of childhood obesity: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

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Unknown Papers38

Recommendations for Treatment of Child and Adolescent Overweight and Obesity

Ten-year outcomes of behavioral family-based treatment for childhood obesity.

A Reduced Dietary Questionnaire: Development and Validation

Linking obesity and activity level with children's television and video game use

Effects of Decreasing Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption on Body Weight in Adolescents: A Randomized, Controlled Pilot Study

Effectiveness of Weight Management Interventions in Children: A Targeted Systematic Review for the USPSTF

Active Video Games to Promote Physical Activity in Children and Youth

Recommendations for Prevention of Childhood Obesity

Television viewing and change in body fat from preschool to early adolescence: The Framingham Children's Study

Energy Expenditure of Sedentary Screen Time Compared With Active Screen Time for Children

Impact of a School-Based Interdisciplinary Intervention on Diet and Physical Activity Among Urban Primary School Children

Behavioral Interventions to Prevent Childhood Obesity: A Systematic Review and Metaanalyses of Randomized Trials

Randomized Controlled Trial of the MEND Program: A Family‐based Community Intervention for Childhood Obesity

Energy Expended Playing Video Console Games: An Opportunity to Increase Children’s Physical Activity?

Active Video Games for Youth: A Systematic Review

Obesity and Risk of Low Self-esteem: A Statewide Survey of Australian Children

Effects of active video games on body composition: a randomized controlled trial

Can Exergaming Contribute to Improving Physical Activity Levels and Health Outcomes in Children?

Evaluation of the Energy Cost of Playing a Dance Simulation Video Game in Overweight and Non-Overweight Children and Adolescents

Do interventions to limit sedentary behaviours change behaviour and reduce childhood obesity? A critical review of the literature

The motivation of children to play an active video game

Reducing Children's Television Viewing to Prevent Obesity: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Energy Expenditure and Cardiovascular Responses to Seated and Active Gaming in Children

Metabolic and Physiologic Responses to Video Game Play in 7- to 10-Year-Old Boys

Estimation of Aerobic Fitness from 20-m Multistage Shuttle Run Test Performance

Measuring activity levels of young people: the validity of pedometers

Video Game–Based Exercise, Latino Children's Physical Health, and Academic Achievement

Physiologic Responses to Playing a Video Game

Effects of a Pediatric Weight Management Program With and Without Active Video Games

Multi-Site Randomized Controlled Trial of a Child-Centered Physical Activity Program, a Parent-Centered Dietary-Modification Program, or Both in Overweight Children: The HIKCUPS Study

Playing in Parallel: The Effects of Multiplayer Modes in Active Video Game on Motivation and Physical Exertion

Validity of the Children and Youth Physical Self-Perception Profile: A Confirmatory Factor Analysis

Exergaming for Health

Strengthening the parent–child relationship: a review of family interventions and their use in medical settings

The Role of Parents and Older Peers in School-Based Cardiovascular Prevention Programs: Implications for Program Development

Introduction of Active Video Gaming Into the Middle School Curriculum as a School-Based Childhood Obesity Intervention