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ReviewGames for health journal2013

A Systematic Review of Health Videogames on Childhood Obesity Prevention and Intervention.

Amy Shirong Lu, Hadi Kharrazi, Fardad Gharghabi, Debbe Thompson

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Review in Games for health journal, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 52 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

52 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  5. Video Games, Obesity, and Children.Current obesity reports · 2020
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  14. Video games and disability-a risk and benefit analysis.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Amy Shirong LuDepartment of Communication Studies, School of Communication, Northwestern University , Evanston, Illinois.
Hadi KharraziDepartment of Health Policy and Management, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University , Baltimore, Maryland.
Fardad GharghabiSchool of Informatics, Indiana University , Indianapolis, Indiana.
Debbe ThompsonUSDA/ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine , Houston, Texas.

Funding

The narrative impact of active video games on physical activityR21CA158917 · NCI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY · PI BARANOWSKI, TOM · 2012 to 2013
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NCI NIH HHS R21 CA158917
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Childhood obesity is a global epidemic. Health videogames are an emerging intervention strategy to combat childhood obesity. This systematic review examined published research on the effect of health videogames on childhood obesity. Fourteen articles examining 28 health videogames published between 2005 and 2013 in English were selected from 2433 articles identified through five major search engines. Results indicated that academic interest in using health videogames for childhood obesity prevention has increased during this time. Most games were commercially available. Most studies were of short duration. Diverse player and game play patterns have been identified. Most studies involved players of both genders with slightly more boys. The majority of players were non-white. Most studies had the players play the games at home, whereas some extended the play setting to school and sports/recreational facilities. Most of the games were commercially available. Positive outcomes related to obesity were observed in about 40 percent of the studies, all of which targeted overweight or obese participants.

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PMID24353906
PMCPMC3833378

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