Promoting healthy lifestyle habits through learning based on active video games

The overweight and obesity have been declared as a worldwide health problem. Active videogames and technologies can be used as attractive tools to support educational interventions with children. Thus, in this paper, we present an educational program to promote healthy habits in children with obesit...

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Autores: Gómez del Río, Nazaret, González-González, Carina S., García-Peñalvo, Francisco J.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Salamanca (USAL)
Repositorio:GREDOS. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Salamanca
OAI Identifier:oai:gredos.usal.es:10366/148325
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10366/148325
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Active videogames
Obesity
Overweight
Healthy habits
5312.04 Educación
1203.17 Informática
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Sumario:The overweight and obesity have been declared as a worldwide health problem. Active videogames and technologies can be used as attractive tools to support educational interventions with children. Thus, in this paper, we present an educational program to promote healthy habits in children with obesity using active videogames and motor play as main strategies. This program was developed with 46 children and their parents in collaboration with the hospital and schools. The results show positive effects in the knowledge about healthy habits and behaviors of children.