title: The Wii Club: Gaming for Weight Loss in Overweight and Obese Youth.
abstract: Our 20-week "Wii Club" intervention for overweight and obese adolescents demonstrated weight loss, increased self-efficacy, and improved peer support from cooperative exergame play. Videogames that require motor activity in a social context may be a fun, effective tool to promote healthy weight and physical activity among youth.
authors.affiliation: Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
authors.forename: Amanda E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Staiano
authors.forename: Anisha A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Abraham
authors.forename: Sandra L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Calvert
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