title: Acute effects of active gaming on ad libitum energy intake and appetite sensations of 8-11-year-old boys.
abstract: The present study examined the acute effects of active gaming on energy intake (EI) and appetite responses in 8-11-year-old boys in a school-based setting. Using a randomised cross-over design, twenty-one boys completed four individual 90-min gaming bouts, each separated by 1 week. The gaming bouts were (1) seated gaming, no food or drink; (2) active gaming, no food or drink; (3) seated gaming with food and drink offered ad libitum; and (4) active gaming with food and drink offered ad libitum. In the two gaming bouts during which foods and drinks were offered, EI was measured. Appetite sensations - hunger, prospective food consumption and fullness - were recorded using visual analogue scales during all gaming bouts at 30-min intervals and at two 15-min intervals post gaming. In the two bouts with food and drink, no significant differences were found in acute EI (MJ) (P=0·238). Significant differences were detected in appetite sensations for hunger, prospective food consumption and fullness between the four gaming bouts at various time points. The relative EI calculated for the two gaming bouts with food and drink (active gaming 1·42 (sem 0·28) MJ; seated gaming 2·12 (sem 0·25) MJ) was not statistically different. Acute EI in response to active gaming was no different from seated gaming, and appetite sensations were influenced by whether food was made available during the 90-min gaming bouts.
authors.affiliation: 1Department of Sport,Exercise and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences,Northumbria University,Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST,UK.
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Allsop
authors.affiliation: 2School of Applied Social Sciences,Durham University,Durham DH1 3HN,UK.
authors.forename: Caroline J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Dodd-Reynolds
authors.affiliation: 1Department of Sport,Exercise and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences,Northumbria University,Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST,UK.
authors.forename: Benjamin P
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Green
authors.affiliation: 1Department of Sport,Exercise and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences,Northumbria University,Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST,UK.
authors.forename: Dorothée
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Debuse
authors.affiliation: 1Department of Sport,Exercise and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences,Northumbria University,Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST,UK.
authors.forename: Penny L S
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Rumbold
mesh_terms: D001066:Appetite; D002648:Child; D018592:Cross-Over Studies; D002149:Energy Intake; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009043:Motor Activity; D018910:Video Games
keywords: Active gaming; Appetite; Children; EE energy expenditure; EI energy intake; Energy intake; PA physical activity; Physical activity; VAS visual analogue scales