ArticleGames for health journal2012
The Wii Club: Gaming for Weight Loss in Overweight and Obese Youth.
Article in Games for health journal, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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Who cites it
7 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.
- Development of an accelerometer-linked online intervention system to promote physical activity in adolescents.PloS one · 2015Trial
- The Mobile lifestyle intervention for food and exercise (mLife) study: Protocol of a remote behavioral weight loss randomized clinical trial for type 2 diabetes prevention.Contemporary clinical trials · 2025Article
- Understanding Weight Loss via Online Discussions: Content Analysis of Reddit Posts Using Topic Modeling and Word Clustering Techniques.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Article
- A Blended Web-Based Gaming Intervention on Changes in Physical Activity for Overweight and Obese Employees: Influence and Usage in an Experimental Pilot Study.JMIR serious games · 2017Article
- Impact of Nintendo Wii Games on Physical Literacy in Children: Motor Skills, Physical Fitness, Activity Behaviors, and Knowledge.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2016Article
- Efficient and Effective Change Principles in Active Videogames.Games for health journal · 2015Article
- Trading pounds for points: Engagement and weight loss in a mobile health intervention.Digital healthArticle
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Authors and funding
3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
Our 20-week "Wii Club" intervention for overweight and obese adolescents demonstrated weight loss, increased self-efficacy, and improved peer support from cooperative exergame play. Videogames that require motor activity in a social context may be a fun, effective tool to promote healthy weight and physical activity among youth.
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