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Pokémon Go: digital health interventions to reduce cardiovascular risk

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2017

Chayakrit Krittanawong ,
Mehmet Aydar  and
Takeshi Kitai
Chayakrit Krittanawong*
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai St. Luke’s and Mount Sinai West, New York, New York, United States of America
Mehmet Aydar
Affiliation:
Department of Computer Science, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, United States of America Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
Takeshi Kitai
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
*
Correspondence to: C. Krittanawong, MD, Department of Internal Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai St. Luke’s and Mount Sinai West, 1000 10th Ave, New York, NY 10019, United States of America. Tel: +1 212 523 4000; Fax: +1 212 523 8605; E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

Physical activity is associated with a lower risk of coronary heart disease/cardiovascular disease mortality, and current guidelines recommend physical activity for primary prevention in healthy individuals and secondary prevention in patients with coronary heart disease/cardiovascular disease. Over the last decade, playing classic video games has become one of the most popular leisure activities in the world, but is associated with a sedentary lifestyle. In the new era of rapidly evolving augmented reality technology, Pokémon Go, a well-known augmented reality game, may promote physical activity and prevent cardiovascular disease risks – that is, diabetes, obesity, and hypertension. Pokémon Go makes players willing to be physically active for regular and long periods of time. We report on an assessment of regular walking and playing Pokémon Go by performing data mining in Twitter.

Keywords

Pokémon Goexercisesocial mediaphysical activitydata mining
Type
Brief Report
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 27 , Issue 8 , October 2017 , pp. 1625 - 1626
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© Cambridge University Press 2017 

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