Digital games combining exercise with game play, known as exergames, can improve
youths' health status and provide social and academic benefits. Exergame play increases …

Objectives To systematically review levels of metabolic expenditure and changes in activity
patterns associated with active video game (AVG) play in children and to provide directions …

This article reports a meta-analysis of energy expenditure (EE) of playing active video
games (AVGs). In particular, heart rate (HR), oxygen consumption (VO2), and EE were …

BACKGROUND: Video games provide extensive player involvement for large numbers of
children and adults, and thereby provide a channel for delivering health behavior change …

With growing interest in exergames research, various terms and definition have introduced
to describe exergames. The authors reviewed current literature to understand the …

This study aims at critically reviewing recently published scientific literature on the use of
computer and video games in Health Education (HE) and Physical Education (PE) with a …

This systematic review evaluates interventions using active video games (AVGs) to increase
physical activity and summarizes laboratory studies quantifying intensity of AVG play among …

The physical demands placed on dancers from current choreography and performance
schedules make their physiology and fitness just as important as skill development …

Abstract The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared obesity as a 21st-century
epidemic after reaching global proportions. In Spain, this disease is suffered by 62% of the …

Background: The high prevalence of obesity in America can be attributed to inadequate
energy expenditure as a result of high levels of physical inactivity. This review presents an …