Keith W. Kelley , Weiwen Wang , Liye Zou , Carmine Pariante
{"title":"It’s time for psychoneuroimmunology to focus on Asian health practices and medicine: Introducing Brain, Behavior, and Immunity-Integrative","authors":"Keith W. Kelley , Weiwen Wang , Liye Zou , Carmine Pariante","doi":"10.1016/j.bbii.2022.100001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbii.2022.100001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100197,"journal":{"name":"Brain Behavior and Immunity Integrative","volume":"1 ","pages":"Article 100001"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49710157","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effects of home-based exergaming on preschool children’s cognition, sedentary behavior, and physical activity: A randomized crossover trial","authors":"Nan Zeng , Jung Eun Lee , Zan Gao","doi":"10.1016/j.bbii.2023.100002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbii.2023.100002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Purpose</h3><p>Exergaming’s potential to promote young children’s cognition and health remains largely unknown. This randomized crossover trial was to evaluate the preliminary effects of an educational exergaming program (LeapTV™) versus usual practice on preschool children’s executive function (EF), sedentary behavior (SB), and physical activity (PA).</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>A total of 34 preschool children (17 girls, M<sub>age</sub> <!-->=<!--> <!-->4.72 ± 0.73 years; BMI-z = 0.39 ± 1.08) were randomized to either exergaming (30 min/day, 5 days/week) or usual practice condition for 12 weeks, followed by a 1-week washout period (week 13) and a second 12-week crossover phase. <em>T</em>he Dimensional Change Card Sort (DCCS) test was used to assess EF; SB, light PA, and moderate-to-vigorous PA (MVPA) were measured by ActiGraph GT3X+ accelerometers<em>.</em> All participants underwent identical assessments at baseline, week 13, and 26.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>After a 12-week intervention, both conditions displayed significant improvements in EF. Compared with usual practice, yet, exergaming increased children’s EF by 1.9 DCCS unit (95 % confidence interval [95 % CI], −0.34 to 4.04; <em>d</em> <!-->=<!--> <!-->0.22). Despite no other statistical differences were noted, compared with usual practice, exergaming decreased SB by 22.1 min (95 % CI, −25.22 to 18.98; <em>d</em> <!-->=<!--> <!-->0.29) and light PA by 9.56 min (95 % CI, −7.09 to −12.02; <em>d</em> <!-->=<!--> <!-->0.22), and increased MVPA by 4.05 min (95 % CI, 2.35–5.74; <em>d</em> <!-->=<!--> <!-->0.20).</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>This study demonstrates the LeapTV™ would promote meaningful improvements in preschool children’s EF and PA behaviors. Despite the promising efficacy, larger trials are needed to confirm our findings.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100197,"journal":{"name":"Brain Behavior and Immunity Integrative","volume":"1 ","pages":"Article 100002"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49761322","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}