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- Title
Pokémon GO May Increase Physical Activity and Decrease Sedentary Behaviors.
- Authors
Nigg, Claudio R.; Joi Mateo, Desiree; Jiyoung An
- Abstract
The authors argue that Pokémon Go mobile application game may help video game users increase their physical activity levels and decrease sedentary behaviors, and it mentions a Pokémon Go-related pilot study conducted by a University of Hawaii institutional review board. A revised Godin Leisure-Time Exercise Questionnaire is addressed, along with data which supports the idea that Internet games can help promote health behaviors. Television viewing and strenuous physical activity are assessed.
- Subjects
POKEMON Go; PHYSICAL activity; SEDENTARY behavior; MOBILE games; PILOT projects; HEALTH behavior research; LEISURE research; UNIVERSITY of Hawaii (Honolulu); PREVENTION; HEALTH promotion; QUESTIONNAIRES; HEALTH behavior; PROBABILITY theory; SELF-evaluation; STATISTICS; VIDEO games; DATA analysis; PRE-tests &; post-tests; RETROSPECTIVE studies; SEDENTARY lifestyles; MOBILE apps; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
American Journal of Public Health, 2017, Vol 107, Issue 1, p37
- ISSN
0090-0036
- Publication type
Opinion
- DOI
10.2105/AJPH.2016.303532