Gonzalez (2016) Learning healthy lifestyles through active video games, motor games and the gamification of educational activities
Thesis/Purpose: Gonzales talks about promoting ways of developing healthy lifestyles and overcoming obesity in children by finding motivations within playing video games brings awareness and insight to the issue. The specific objectives of the study itself were purposeful in analyzing the before and after habits and lifestyles that children and families that are overweight practice on a daily basis. The study was created in order to accumulate accurate results of information on habits of healthy behaviors and health myths. My doing this study, the data and article bring awareness to the effectiveness and importance of intervening in order to promote healthy lifestyle habits. The study consists of measuring the amounts of motivation that video games and motor games may have to promote physical activity. Methods: The study was conducted and arranged into three separate phases. The first phase consisted of selecting a sample of people. Each person in the sample took measurements and were...