Effects of Playing Video Games on Energy Balance

Obesity Clinical Trial

Official title:

Effects of Playing Video Games on Energy Balance: a Randomized, 2-condition, Crossover Study in Adolescents

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01013246
• Other study ID #: B268
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: November 12, 2009
• Last updated: August 9, 2011
• Start date: November 2009
• Est. completion date: December 2010

Study information

• Verified date: November 2009
• Source: University of Copenhagen
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Denmark: The Danish National Committee on Biomedical Research Ethics
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial 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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 22
• Est. completion date: December 2010
• Est. primary completion date: April 2010
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Male
• Age group: 15 Years to 19 Years

Eligibility

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

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Prevention

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Obesity

Intervention

Other:
• 1-hour video game play
FIFA 2009, a football video game played on Xbox 360

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Denmark	University of Copenhagen	Copenhagen

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Copenhagen

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Denmark, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Energy intake and energy expenditure		1 time point	No