TY - JOUR
T1 - Improving Serious Games to Tackle Childhood Obesity
AU - Belghali, Maroua
AU - Statsenko, Yauhen
AU - Al-Za’abi, Abdulsalam
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Copyright © 2021 Belghali, Statsenko and Al-Za’abi.
PY - 2021/5/6
Y1 - 2021/5/6
N2 - Childhood obesity has become a global public health issue. Today, there are opportunities to promote health through technological devices such as serious games. Despite the major advancement of this field of research, the use of serious games as a validated intervention in clinical practice requires further clarifications on some methodological aspects. In this perspective article, we report the pros and cons of existing serious games. Besides, we attempt to propose a new methodology of design of a serious game that could help to cope with childhood obesity. The proposed idea consists of a serious game in virtual reality based on enjoyment, movement, education, and executive functioning (EF) training. Longitudinal studies and solid research protocol would certainly ensure consistency and aid interpretation.
AB - Childhood obesity has become a global public health issue. Today, there are opportunities to promote health through technological devices such as serious games. Despite the major advancement of this field of research, the use of serious games as a validated intervention in clinical practice requires further clarifications on some methodological aspects. In this perspective article, we report the pros and cons of existing serious games. Besides, we attempt to propose a new methodology of design of a serious game that could help to cope with childhood obesity. The proposed idea consists of a serious game in virtual reality based on enjoyment, movement, education, and executive functioning (EF) training. Longitudinal studies and solid research protocol would certainly ensure consistency and aid interpretation.
KW - childhood obesity
KW - executive functions
KW - nutrition education
KW - physical exercise
KW - serious games
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U2 - 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.657289
DO - 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.657289
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85106188908
SN - 1664-1078
VL - 12
JO - Frontiers in Psychology
JF - Frontiers in Psychology
M1 - 657289
ER -