Dr. Zan Gao, assistant professor in the School of Kinesiology, presented two research projects at the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) 60th Annual Meeting and 4th World Congress on Exercise is Medicine in Indianapolis, Ind., May 28 – June 1.
Gao’s first presentation was titled, “Using the Transtheoretical Model to examine the effects of exergaming on physical activity among children.” This project was presented with associate professor in the School of Kinesiology Dr. Beth Lewis, and Dr. Maria Kosma from Louisiana State University (LSU). His second project compared physical activity levels in young children during physical education, recess, and exergaming. In addition, Dr. Gao co-presented another project titled, “The influence of health-related physical fitness model on children’s physical activity levels and motivation,” with his graduate student You Fu.