Play is of vital importance for the healthy development of children. From a developmental
perspective, play offers ample physical, emotional, cognitive, and social benefits. It allows …

Executive function refers to the cognitive processes necessary for goal-directed cognition
and behavior, which develop across childhood and adolescence. Recent experimental …

CONTEXT: Sedentary behavior is implicated in youth and adult overweight and obesity.
However, the relationship between sedentary behavior and weight status is often small or …

Advanced Fitness Assessment and Exercise Prescription, Ninth Edition With HKPropel
Online Video, is the definitive resource for conducting physical fitness testing and …

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 …

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

CONTEXT: Video games represent a multibillion-dollar industry in the US Although video
gaming has been associated with many negative health consequences, it also may be …

Serious games have become a key segment in the games market as well as in academic
research. Although the number of games that identify themselves as belonging to this …

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 …

Do video games enhance cognitive functioning? We conducted two meta-analyses based
on different research designs to investigate how video games impact information-processing …