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10 Sharing practice bookletResults of the project Children in the Nintendo Wii group participated in significantly less physical activityacross the six week period compared to the Gamercize Power Stepper and Controlgroups (P = .0001).There were no significant differences in physical activity between Gamercize PowerStepper and control conditions.There were also no significant differences in the percentage of time spent inmoderate-to-vigorous physical activity across groups or over time.Active video game play at lunchbreaks, using the Gamercize power stepper, appears tobe similar to physical activity levels during traditional school lunchbreak over a sixweek period.Active gaming using the Nintendo Wii resulted in significantly less physical activitycompared to traditional lunchbreak.Exergaming may therefore provide an alternative means to engage children in physical activityin the school setting but consideration should be given to the gaming platform employed byteachers and practitioners wishing to use videogaming in schools to promote health enhancingPA.Tips for other professionals1. The exergaming console used in any intervention plays a key role in the PA responses.2. In the context of school break times, exergaming technology could offer an alternativeopportunity for children to engage in physical activity, particularly for children who arenot attracted to other more traditional modes of PA.3. Exergaming as an intervention mode to enhance PA may not be equally effective inenhancing physical activity in all children and may be better targeted at subgroups ofchildren (eg, obese boys)Contact Dr Mike DuncanEmail michael.duncan@coventry.ac.uk