The effectiveness of the interactive game Kinect sports in increasing endurance levels in obese children ages 10-12, “THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE INTERACTIVE VIDEO GAME KINECT SPORTS IN INCREASING ENDURANCE LEVELS IN OBESE CHILDREN AGES 10-12.”
“ENDURANCE LEVELS IN OBESE CHILDREN AGES 10-12”
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THE ENJOYMENT LEVL OF CHILDREN PLAYING OUTDOOR PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES VERSUS THE INTERACTIVE VIDEO KINECT SPORTS IN AN AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM
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DOCTOR OF NURSING PRACTICE
August 2017
Major Subject: Nursing
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CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) children and adolescents should participate in at least 60 minutes of physical activity per day. Children tend to be more egger to participate in physical activities in which they enjoy. One of the most common causes of childhood obesity is decreased physical activity. Physical activity in children is a protective factor against obesity, and obesity related risk of chronic disease (Tremblay& Willians, 2003; Veugelers & Fitergerald, 2005). Childhood obesity is a pandemic which affects a large population of American children. The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2009-2010 identifies that over half of the children and adolescents ages six to 19 are considered to be obese or overweight in the United States. Obesity is defined as an excessive accumulation and storage of fat in the body that is indicated by a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or greater (Merriam-Webster, 20017). “BMI correlates with the amount of body fat, but is not a measurement of fat (Mersch & Perlstein, 2016).” Body mass index is the quantitative relationship between a person’s height and weight as it relates to sex and age. BMI is calculated by weight in kilograms and then divided by the square of an individual’s height in meters (CDC, 2015). For children and adolescents, the BMI is then compared to a growth chart to determine the percentile in which the child ranges to determine growth patterns. One commonly used growth chart is the CDC’s Stature-for-age and Weight-for-age percentiles. The Stature-for-age and Weight-for-age percentiles identifies overweight as a percentile range between the 85th and 95th percentile and obese is a child to whom ranges above the 95th percentile. Childhood obesity puts a child at risk for the development of diabetes, cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease, as well as psychosocial problems. Obesity is a complex disease and is considered one of the most serious public health problems in the United States (Devlin, Yanocski, & Wilson, 2000; United States Health and Human Services, 2000). The enjoyment of physical activity of in children will assist in preventing childhood obesity as well as motivate children to be physical active.
Background, Rational, and Significance of the Problem
“Physical education literature has consistently demonstrated that enjoyment is a major determinant of physical activity participation among children and adolescents” (Gao, Zhang, & Podlog, 2014). Physical activity is defined as anybody movement produced by the skeletal muscles that require energy expenditure (World Health Organization, 2017). The National Institute of Health (2016) physical activity can be classified into four major categories: stretching, muscle strengthening, bone strengthening, and endurance activity. Stretching improves joint range of motion. Yoga is an example of muscle stretching that improves joint flexibility. Yoga straightens each muscle of the body to its full length through stretching. Strengthening activities of the muscles increases the power of muscles to resist force through weight lifting or an individual’s own body weight. Examples of muscle strengthening activities include: push up’s, stair climbing, or any activities that require manual lifting. Strengthening of bone activities increases bone strength, muscle strength, and metabolism of the body. Physical activities like jogging, walking, as well as weight lifting help to strengthen bones.One of the most beneficial of the physical activities is endurance activity. Endurance activity is any type of physical activity that promotes the circulation of oxygen through the blood and increase the rate of breathing (The American Heart Association, 2015). Examples of endurance include walking, dancing, jogging, biking, swimming, and exergaming. Over the past decade, well known children’s endurance activities such as Hide and Seek, biking, jumping rope, and Hopscotch have slowly been replaced by the computer technology concept of exergaming. It is estimated that the amount of computer technology that children are exposed to each day has increased by more than an hour over the past five years – now topping eight and a half hours per day-with most of the increase coming from video games (Bruner, 2006, p. 51).
Exergaming are technology driven physical activities, such as interactive video games that requires participants to be physically active or exercise (American College of Sports Medicine, 2013). Video games are electronic games that allow an individual known as a game player or user to electronically manipulate images produced by a computer program displayed on a video or television screen (Meriam-Webster). Interactive video games are designed to engage the user cognitively and physically. Exergames utilizes a hybrid human known as an avatar to represent the game player which mirrors each move the player makes while performing endurance activities such as dancing, boxing, bowling, golf, or tennis. Children’s enjoyment of video games has lead to an increase in usage of computer technology and a decrease in outdoor physical activities.
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