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Effects of Playing Video Games on Energy Balance

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01013246
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : November 13, 2009
Last Update Posted : August 10, 2011
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University of Copenhagen

Study Description
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Brief Summary:
The aim of this study is to examine the effects of playing video games on various components of energy balance and substrate metabolism as well as on glucose homeostasis and relevant hormonal systems that might be involved in the underlying mechanisms.

Condition or disease Intervention/treatment Phase
Obesity Other: 1-hour video game play Not Applicable

Study Design
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Study Type : Interventional  (Clinical Trial)
Actual Enrollment : 22 participants
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Prevention
Official Title: Effects of Playing Video Games on Energy Balance: a Randomized, 2-condition, Crossover Study in Adolescents
Study Start Date : November 2009
Actual Primary Completion Date : April 2010
Actual Study Completion Date : December 2010
Arms and Interventions
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Arm Intervention/treatment
Experimental: Video game play Other: 1-hour video game play
FIFA 2009, a football video game played on Xbox 360


Outcome Measures
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Primary Outcome Measures :
  1. Energy intake and energy expenditure [ Time Frame: 1 time point ]

Eligibility Criteria
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Ages Eligible for Study:   15 Years to 19 Years   (Child, Adult)
Sexes Eligible for Study:   Male
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   Yes
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Male adolescents between 15 and 19 years of age
  • Normal weight (5th percentile to less than the 85th percentile)

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Smoking
  • Unstable body weight (±4 kg) during the 6 months preceding testing
  • Regular physical exercise (>3 hours/week)
  • Excessive intake of alcohol (>7 drinks/week)
  • Substance abuse
  • Metabolic disease (e.g. thyroid disease, heart disease, diabetes, etc.)
  • Medication that could interfere with the outcome variables
  • Eating disorder
  • High restraint eating behavior (score ≥8 for cognitive dietary restraint in the Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire)
  • Irregular eating schedule (e.g. skipping breakfast)
  • Unfamiliar with the use of video games
  • Unable to comply with the protocol
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Locations
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Denmark
University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark, DK-1958
Sponsors and Collaborators
University of Copenhagen
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Responsible Party: Anders M. Sjödin, MD, PhD, University of Copenhagen
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01013246    
Other Study ID Numbers: B268
First Posted: November 13, 2009    Key Record Dates
Last Update Posted: August 10, 2011
Last Verified: November 2009
Keywords provided by University of Copenhagen:
Video games
Energy balance
Metabolism
Appetite control