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Playing to Win: Video Games and the Fight against Obesity

2006; Elsevier BV; Volume: 106; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.jada.2005.12.015

1878-3570

Damon Brown,

Educational Games and Gamification

Home video game systems like the Sony Playstation 2 or Microsoft XBox have rarely been associated with good health. With perceived ties to violence and social maladjustment in youths who play video games, there is also a perceived association between video games and childhood obesity, their popularity coinciding with the jump in obese and overweight children 2 decades ago.