The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 154, Issue 6 , Pages 819-823 , June 2009

Activity-Promoting Video Games and Increased Energy Expenditure

  • Lorraine Lanningham-Foster, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Endocrine Research Unit, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Lorraine Lanningham-Foster, PhD, Food Science and Human Nutrition, Iowa State University, 220 MacKay Hall, Ames, IA 50011
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  • Randal C. Foster, BS

      Affiliations

    • Endocrine Research Unit, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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  • Shelly K. McCrady, MS

      Affiliations

    • Endocrine Research Unit, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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  • Teresa B. Jensen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN
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  • Naim Mitre, MD

      Affiliations

    • Endocrine Research Unit, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
    • Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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  • James A. Levine, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Endocrine Research Unit, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

Received 24 June 2008 ,Revised 9 December 2008 ,Accepted 7 January 2009.

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 Supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health (HD 5001, DK 63226, 66270 and M01-RR00585). Support was also provided by the Mayo Clinic Department of Family Medicine Small Grants Program. The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

PII: S0022-3476(09)00009-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2009.01.009

The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 154, Issue 6 , Pages 819-823 , June 2009

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