Using Exergames to Promote Healthy Habits in Schools

Nazaret Gómez del Río; Carina S. González-González; Yeray Barrios Fleitas; Pedro A. Toledo-Delgado; Francisco J. García-Peñalvo; Fernando Moreira

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-07018-1_11

Using Exergames to Promote Healthy Habits in Schools

Nazaret Gómez del Río, Carina S. González-González^*, Yeray Barrios Fleitas, Pedro A. Toledo-Delgado, Francisco J. García-Peñalvo, Fernando Moreira

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Abstract

Educating children in healthy lifestyle habits is one of the most effective ways to prevent future diseases such as obesity and improve their health. This chapter presents an educational intervention project to promote healthy lifestyle habits using active video games and gamified activities as a motivational tool towards healthier habits. In particular, we describe the workshops carried out in different primary schools using an active video game called TANGO:H and other gamified tools. The results of these workshops have shown a very high satisfaction with the intervention itself and the active video game.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Advanced Virtual Enviroments and Education
Editors	Tiago T. Primo, Alex S. Gomes, Fernando Moreira, César Collazos
Place of Publication	Cham
Publisher	Springer
Pages	134-146
Number of pages	13
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-031-07018-1
ISBN (Print)	978-3-031-07017-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-07018-1_11
Publication status	Published - 2022
Event	3rd International Workshop on Advanced Virtual Environments and Education, WAVE 2021 - Fortaleza, Brazil Duration: 21 Mar 2021 → 24 Mar 2021 Conference number: 3

Publication series

Name	Communications in Computer and Information Science
Publisher	Springer
Volume	1425
ISSN (Print)	1865-0929
ISSN (Electronic)	1865-0937

Conference

Conference	3rd International Workshop on Advanced Virtual Environments and Education, WAVE 2021
Abbreviated title	WAVE 2021
Country/Territory	Brazil
City	Fortaleza
Period	21/03/21 → 24/03/21

Keywords

Exergames
Healthy habits
Gamification
Childhood obesity
NLA

UN SDGs

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Gómez del Río, N., González-González, C. S., Barrios Fleitas, Y., Toledo-Delgado, P. A., García-Peñalvo, F. J., & Moreira, F. (2022). Using Exergames to Promote Healthy Habits in Schools. In T. T. Primo, A. S. Gomes, F. Moreira, & C. Collazos (Eds.), Advanced Virtual Enviroments and Education (pp. 134-146). (Communications in Computer and Information Science; Vol. 1425). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-07018-1_11

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Gómez del Río, N, González-González, CS, Barrios Fleitas, Y, Toledo-Delgado, PA, García-Peñalvo, FJ & Moreira, F 2022, Using Exergames to Promote Healthy Habits in Schools. in TT Primo, AS Gomes, F Moreira & C Collazos (eds), Advanced Virtual Enviroments and Education. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol. 1425, Springer, Cham, pp. 134-146, 3rd International Workshop on Advanced Virtual Environments and Education, WAVE 2021, Fortaleza, Brazil, 21/03/21. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-07018-1_11

Using Exergames to Promote Healthy Habits in Schools. / Gómez del Río, Nazaret; González-González, Carina S.; Barrios Fleitas, Yeray et al.
Advanced Virtual Enviroments and Education. ed. / Tiago T. Primo; Alex S. Gomes; Fernando Moreira; César Collazos. Cham: Springer, 2022. p. 134-146 (Communications in Computer and Information Science; Vol. 1425).

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