Lead Sponsor

University of Minnesota

Age

4 - 5 years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

•response to an advertisement for the study;
•has only one child aged 4-5 years old in the family;
•speaks English;
•family with income within 185% of the Federal Poverty Guideline Levels determined by parents' self-report;
•has a TV with HDMI port or VGA port or video port at home
•the child has no medical conditions or physical disabilities that prohibit engagement in PA;
•physically inactive child who does not meet 120 min. PA per day;
•parental agreement to participating in the home visits and evaluations;
•lives within 20 miles of the UMN;
•family willingness to commit to 6 months of intervention and 6 months of follow-up;
•not moving out of area for the next 12 months.

•children/parents from families that already own exergame(s) as these children tend to possess high experience levels with exergaming play;
•child who are physically active for more than recommended 180 min. PA per day as reported by parents.