This article is based on an invited presentation for the Exergame Preconference Symposium held in Houston, TX, May 19–20, 2014 that was hosted by Tom Baranowski, PhD, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service Children's Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine. Its purpose is to provide insight into the ways in which theory can be used to guide exergame research.
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