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As the obesity rate in the United
states continues to rise, sicentists are
struggling to find ways that will get
the general population to become
more active. Many will argue that
one of the leading causes to this is
the development of the video game
industry over the past few decades.
As the years go on, video games
have became a large time consumer
amongst many children of all ages
causing their interests in physical
activity to decresase. In the newer
generation of video games, some
industries have developed consoles
that can help get the player more
involved with the games they are
partaking in. A majority of these
games require the player to stand up
in front of the console whereas
when this industry first started,
many of the players would be found
sitting in the couch or on the floor to
play. To complete tasks the player
must use their body that can require
enough energy to spike an increase
in their heart rate.
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Our hypothesis for this study is that the ]
enjoyment levels of the games will
have a direct correlation to the heart
rate of those participating. The games
required for this study do not involve
much physical movement from the
player, meaning that there shouldnt be
a big change in their blood pressure
due to their activity. Depending on the
enjoyment level of these games from
each individual there will show an
increase in blood pressure.
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Take resting heart rateof the
participants before starting any of the At the end of the study we saw that there wasnt enough data to prove our
hypothesis. While there were many participants who did support our
video games
original statement, a quantity of the participants supplied the study with
Participate in one or more video games
faulty data. For example, some stated that they had a lower heart rate after
taking active heart rate every 15 seconds
the activity compared to when they were at rest. This could be from a lack
Fill out the google forms document of focus during the experiment or a miscalculation of their heart rate.
provided by Xander which asks about Although the studies came up inconclusive, there is enough data to promote
your gender, weight, height, resting and another study linking the enjoyment of phyical activity and the effect it has
active heart rate, and enjoyment level. on ones heart rate. Perhaps a study involving fewer games that exclusively
involve physical movement. Games like Super Smash Bros. that did not
require activity could have played an affect on the study.