Dr. Zan Gao, assistant professor in the School of Kinesiology and director of the Physical Activity Epidemiology Lab (PAEL), recently received a $50,000 research grant University of Minnesota Obesity Prevention Center. The proposal is titled, “Effects of Home-based Exergaming Program on Preschool Children’s Physical Activity and Adiposity”.

The goal of the proposal is to develop a feasibility study to examine the effects of a home-based exergaming intervention on underserved preschool children’s physical activity, adiposity (obesity), cardiovascular fitness, and cognitive functions compared to the usual daily practice (control) in a small scale randomized control trial.