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The Association of Exergaming and other Activities with the WHO Physical Activity Recommendations among Female Adolescents in Saudi Arabia


 
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1. Title Title of document The Association of Exergaming and other Activities with the WHO Physical Activity Recommendations among Female Adolescents in Saudi Arabia
 
2. Creator Author's name, affiliation, country Eiman M. Alghmdi; School of Public Health, Department of Healthy Lifestyle and Disease Prevention, Loma Linda University, United States; United States
 
2. Creator Author's name, affiliation, country W. Lawrence Beeson; School of Public Health, Department of Healthy Lifestyle and Disease Prevention, Loma Linda University, United States
 
2. Creator Author's name, affiliation, country Ernesto Medina
 
2. Creator Author's name, affiliation, country Anna Nelson
 
2. Creator Author's name, affiliation, country Hildemar dos Santos; School of Public Health, Department of Healthy Lifestyle and Disease Prevention, Loma Linda University, United States; United States
 
2. Creator Author's name, affiliation, country (doi: 10.23953/cloud.ijanhs.423)
 
3. Subject Discipline(s) Public Health, Healthy Lifestyle and Disease Prevention
 
3. Subject Keyword(s) Active video gaming; Physical activity; Sedentary lifestyle; Youth health
 
3. Subject Subject classification Adolescent Health
 
4. Description Abstract

This cross-sectional study examined the association of the number of hours of exergaming along with other activities and body mass index (BMI) among Saudi female adolescents and explored the possibility of exergaming as an alternative to meet the World Health Organization (WHO) physical activity recommendations. A sample of 200 female students age 10-14 years completed a selfadministered lifestyle questionnaire with their parents’ assistance after obtaining parental consent letter. The survey instrument included scales adopted from the validated Adolescent Sedentary Activity Questionnaire (ASAQ) and modified to include questions for exergaming. Anthropometric measurements of height and weight were conducted at school after the completion of the survey. A multiple linear regression model was conducted to examine the association of exergaming with other sedentary activities and BMI. There was a significant association between the number of hours of exergaming and lower BMI (p<0.001). Moreover, there was a significant difference between both groups with 98% of the exergamers accumulating ≥60 minutes of physical activity daily vs. 0% among non-exergamers (p<0.001). Exergaming may contribute to reducing sedentary behaviors and increasing physical activity levels and could be an alternative solution to aid in meeting the WHO daily recommendation of physical activities for Saudi girls.
 
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7. Date (YYYY-MM-DD) 2019-08-27
 
8. Type Status & genre Peer-reviewed Article
 
8. Type Type Cross-sectional study
 
9. Format File format PDF
 
10. Identifier Uniform Resource Identifier http://medical.cloud-journals.com/index.php/IJANHS/article/view/472
11. Source Journal/conference title; vol., no. (year) International Journal of Advanced Nutritional and Health Science; Vol 7, No 1 (2019)
 
12. Language English=en en
 
14. Coverage Geo-spatial location, chronological period, research sample (gender, age, etc.) Female, age 10-14 years, in Saudi Arabia
 
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