Energy expenditure in adolescents playing new generation computer games Graves, Lee, Stratton, Gareth, Ridgers, N. D. and Cable, N. T. 2008, Energy expenditure in adolescents playing new generation computer games, British journal of sports medicine, vol. 42, no. 7, pp. 592-594. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Energy expenditure in adolescents playing new generation computer games Author(s) Graves, Lee Stratton, Gareth Ridgers, N. D. orcid.org/0000-0001-5713-3515 Cable, N. T. Journal name British journal of sports medicine Volume number 42 Issue number 7 Start page 592 End page 594 Total pages 3 Publisher BMJ Publishing Group Place of publication London, England Publication date 2008-07 ISSN 0306-3674 1473-0480 Summary Objective: To compare the energy expenditure of adolescents when playing sedentary and new generation active computer games. Design: Cross sectional comparison of four computer games. Setting Research laboratories. Participants: Six boys and five girls aged 13–15 years. Procedure: Participants were fitted with a monitoring device validated to predict energy expenditure. They played four computer games for 15 minutes each. One of the games was sedentary (XBOX 360) and the other three were active (Wii Sports). Main outcome measure: Predicted energy expenditure, compared using repeated measures analysis of variance. Results: Mean (standard deviation) predicted energy expenditure when playing Wii Sports bowling (190.6 (22.2) kl/kg/min), tennis (202.5 (31.5) kl/kg/min), and boxing (198.1 (33.9) kl/kg/min) was significantly greater than when playing sedentary games (125.5 (13.7) kl/kg/min) (P<0.001). Predicted energy expenditure was at least 65.1 (95% confidence interval 47.3 to 82.9) kl/kg/min greater when playing active rather than sedentary games. Conclusions: Playing new generation active computer games uses significantly more energy than playing sedentary computer games but not as much energy as playing the sport itself. The energy used when playing active Wii Sports games was not of high enough intensity to contribute towards the recommended daily amount of exercise in children. Language eng Field of Research 110602 Exercise Physiology Socio Economic Objective 920501 Child Health HERDC Research category C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2008, BMJ Publishing Group Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30029959 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Thu, 09 Sep 2010, 08:43:52 EST Thu, 09 Sep 2010, 08:47:11 EST Thu, 09 Sep 2010, 08:48:43 EST Mon, 16 Jun 2014, 16:18:08 EST Thu, 11 Dec 2014, 16:42:56 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 108 times in TR Web of Science Cited 128 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 764 Abstract Views, 1 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Thu, 09 Sep 2010, 08:43:43 EST by Leanne Swaneveld