Video Games for Obesity and Diabetes Prevention-Diab & Nano
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Conditions studied: Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes
In brief
With the increasing rates of child obesity and diabetes, innovative programs are needed that capture children's attention and permit behavior change messages to get through. Serious video games with their immersive stories offer one such promising alternative due to their low cost approach to intervention since the games have already been developed, and can be broadly disseminated by simply reproducing and distributing their DVDs. While using video games for health promotion is controversial, this study will establish whether video games can effectively change diabetes and obesity risks (especially fasting insulin, diet and physical activity) among children. "Escape from Diab" and "Nanoswarm: Invasion from Inner Space" are two video games that targeted children to increase fruit, vegetable and water intakes, reduce sedentary behaviors (SB), and increase physical activity in a pilot study with a relatively low risk children. In light of this, it is important to test whether these games can help decrease diabetes (i.e. fasting insulin) and obesity risks with high risk (85%tile \< BMI \< 99%tile) 10 to 12 year old children. Children will be randomly assigned to treatment or control groups. The treatment group will play "Diab" and "Nano" over a 3-month time period. A wait-list control group will receive the "Diab" and "Nano" games at the end of their second post assessment (5-months post baseline assessment).
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT01846377
- Run by
- Baylor College of Medicine
- People needed
- 200
- Starts
- 2014-04-01
- Expected to finish
- 2017-12-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2018-02-20
Who can join
Age: 10 and older, up to 12. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Children who are 10-12 years of age
- with a 85th%tile to 99th%tile BMI
- willing to complete all measures including providing a blood sample and
- having internet access and a computer with these minimum requirements:
- Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP (SP3), Windows Vista (SP2), Windows 7 (SP1), Windows 8 or 8.1 Processor: 2.13 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 or 2.8 GHz AMD Athlon 64 x2 5600+ minimum System Memory: 2Gbytes RAM Screen Resolution: 1280 x 800 minimum Hard Drive: 10Gbytes minimum free space Sound: Sound card with speakers or headphone jack DVD Optical Drive (needed for installation only) DirectX Runtimes: (October 2006 version or newer) Internet: Broadband Connection Computer Manufactured after 2009.
You may not qualify if…
- Child does not speak English (since both games are in English),
- has a medical condition that influences diet, physical activity, obesity, or the ability to complete questionnaires,
- has type 2 diabetes mellitus;
- does not have a qualified computer and internet access at home.
Where it is running
- Children's Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine — Houston, Texas, United States
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