DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF A SERIOUS GAME TO FIGHT CHILDHOOD OBESITY

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Autor(a) principal: Gonçalves, Fátima
Data de Publicação: 2018
Outros Autores: Carvalho, Vítor, Matos, Demétrio
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/11110/1762
Resumo: According to World Health Organization, childhood obesity, classified as the epidemic of the 21st century, is reaching alarming values all over the world. Mobile technologies, especially smartphones and tablets, are an important part of a children’s life. Many studies believe that these technologies can be used in a healthy way, helping children to grow, so caregivers allow its use, on the hope that can help at their kid’s development. With educational games kids learn better and faster, because they feel motivated. To contribute to the fight against this epidemic, a mobile Android application has been developed to educate and motivate children to achieve healthy lifestyles, as well as allowing caregivers to follow and be part of the process, giving them tools to contribute on the improvement on the life quality of the children.
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title DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF A SERIOUS GAME TO FIGHT CHILDHOOD OBESITY
spellingShingle DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF A SERIOUS GAME TO FIGHT CHILDHOOD OBESITY
Gonçalves, Fátima
Obesity
Childhood
Serious Game
Mobile
Feed Day
title_short DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF A SERIOUS GAME TO FIGHT CHILDHOOD OBESITY
title_full DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF A SERIOUS GAME TO FIGHT CHILDHOOD OBESITY
title_fullStr DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF A SERIOUS GAME TO FIGHT CHILDHOOD OBESITY
title_full_unstemmed DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF A SERIOUS GAME TO FIGHT CHILDHOOD OBESITY
title_sort DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF A SERIOUS GAME TO FIGHT CHILDHOOD OBESITY
author Gonçalves, Fátima
author_facet Gonçalves, Fátima
Carvalho, Vítor
Matos, Demétrio
author_role author
author2 Carvalho, Vítor
Matos, Demétrio
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Gonçalves, Fátima
Carvalho, Vítor
Matos, Demétrio
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Obesity
Childhood
Serious Game
Mobile
Feed Day
topic Obesity
Childhood
Serious Game
Mobile
Feed Day
description According to World Health Organization, childhood obesity, classified as the epidemic of the 21st century, is reaching alarming values all over the world. Mobile technologies, especially smartphones and tablets, are an important part of a children’s life. Many studies believe that these technologies can be used in a healthy way, helping children to grow, so caregivers allow its use, on the hope that can help at their kid’s development. With educational games kids learn better and faster, because they feel motivated. To contribute to the fight against this epidemic, a mobile Android application has been developed to educate and motivate children to achieve healthy lifestyles, as well as allowing caregivers to follow and be part of the process, giving them tools to contribute on the improvement on the life quality of the children.
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