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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2019

Home-Based Exergaming on Preschoolers' Energy Expenditure, Cardiovascular Fitness, Body Mass Index and Cognitive Flexibility: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Zan Gao, Jung Eun Lee, Nan Zeng, Zachary C Pope, Ying Zhang, Xianxiong Li

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers, 12 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Zan GaoSchool of Kinesiology, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA. gaoz@umn.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-6037-0439
Jung Eun LeeDepartment of Applied Human Sciences, University of Minnesota, Duluth, MN 55812, USA. junelee@d.umn.edu.
Nan ZengDepartment of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Colorado State University, 1571 Campus Delivery, 110 Gifford Building, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA. nanzeng@colostate.edu.
Zachary C PopeSchool of Public Health, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA. popex157@umn.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-8521-4619
Ying ZhangHangzhou Kindergarten Teacher College, Zhejiang Normal University, Hangzhou 310012, China. yingzh@zjnu.cn.
Xianxiong LiSchool of Physical Education, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, China. lixianxiong@hunnu.edu.cn.
University of Minnesota · USColorado State University · USHunan Normal University · CNUniversity of Minnesota, Duluth · USZhejiang Normal University · CN

Funding

Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota 22637
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThe effects of exergaming-based physical activity (PA) interventions on preschoolers' health outcomes and cognition remain largely unexplored. Therefore, we conducted a randomized controlled trial to discern the effectiveness of a home-based educational exergaming intervention on preschoolers' energy expenditure, fitness, body mass index, and cognition.

methodsParticipants were 32 preschoolers (16 girls; 59.4% Asian; M

resultsAnalysis of covariance with repeated measures yielded significant time x group interaction effects for cognitive flexibility, Wilks' Lambda = 0.81,

conclusionsHome-based educational exergaming may positively impact cognitive flexibility in preschoolers. Studies with larger sample sizes in multiple geographic locations are needed, with our study suggesting a longer intervention period might also be warranted.

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active video gamescognitive functionsearly childhoodhealth promotionpediatric obesityphysical activity

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PMID31640158
PMCPMC6832462
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