{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Baranowski T"],"funding":["NIDDK NIH HHS"],"pagination":["257-264"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC6686687"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["8(4)"],"pubmed_abstract":["<b><i>Background:</i></b> Previous research indicates games for health have substantial promise in promoting change in children's diet and physical activity (PA) behavior for obesity and diabetes prevention, but the research has generally not been rigorous. The study reported here was an efficacy trial of two role-playing videogames played in sequence, \"Escape from Diab\" (hereinafter called Diab) and \"Nanoswarm: Invasion from Inner Space\" (hereinafter called Nano), on diabetes and obesity risk factors: fasting insulin and body mass index (BMI), and risk-related behaviors: diet, PA, and sedentary behavior (SB). <b><i>Design:</i></b> A two-group (treatment vs. wait list control) randomized clinical trial was used with baseline, immediate postintervention (∼3 months postbaseline), and 2 month"],"journal":["Games for health journal"],"pubmed_title":["Videogames That Encourage Healthy Behavior Did Not Alter Fasting Insulin or Other Diabetes Risks in Children: Randomized Clinical Trial."],"pmcid":["PMC6686687"],"funding_grant_id":["R01 DK109316","R01 DK091254"],"pubmed_authors":["Baranowski J","Ryan C","Chen TA","Beltran A","Dadabhoy H","Buday R","Lu AS","Baranowski T"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Videogames That Encourage Healthy Behavior Did Not Alter Fasting Insulin or Other Diabetes Risks in Children: Randomized Clinical Trial.","description":"<b><i>Background:</i></b> Previous research indicates games for health have substantial promise in promoting change in children's diet and physical activity (PA) behavior for obesity and diabetes prevention, but the research has generally not been rigorous. The study reported here was an efficacy trial of two role-playing videogames played in sequence, \"Escape from Diab\" (hereinafter called Diab) and \"Nanoswarm: Invasion from Inner Space\" (hereinafter called Nano), on diabetes and obesity risk factors: fasting insulin and body mass index (BMI), and risk-related behaviors: diet, PA, and sedentary behavior (SB). <b><i>Design:</i></b> A two-group (treatment vs. wait list control) randomized clinical trial was used with baseline, immediate postintervention (∼3 months postbaseline), and 2 month","dates":{"release":"2019-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2019 Aug","modification":"2025-04-05T00:34:04.628Z","creation":"2021-02-21T01:05:52Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC6686687","cross_references":{"pubmed":["30964335"],"doi":["10.1089/g4h.2018.0097"]}}