Pegaso: A serious game to prevent obesity

L. Pannese, D. Morosini, Petros Lameras, Sylvester Arnab, Ian Dunwell, T. Becker

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    Abstract

    The problem of obesity in the world has grown considerably in recent years. Between 16% and 33% of children and adolescents are obese. Even if obesity is among one of the easiest medical conditions to recognize, it is one of the most difficult to treat. The issue of individuals' motivation to change is the most significant obstacle in promoting positive health behaviours. Games' ability to reach and engage large number of players for long periods of time provides an opportunity for them to be used as a pedagogical tool. This paper describes how serious games and 'gamified' daily life processes appear to be a suitable means for supporting persuasion towards healthful behaviour within the frame of the Pegaso project that aims to develop a multi-dimensional cross-disciplinary ICT system to prevent overweight and obesity in the younger population.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)427-435
    Number of pages9
    JournalLecture Notes in Computer Science
    Volume8529
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2014

    Bibliographical note

    This article is not yet available in the repository. This conference paper was given at the 5th International Conference on Digital Human Modeling and Applications in Health, Safety, Ergonomics and Risk Management, DHM 2014 - Held as Part of 16th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCI International 2014; Heraklion; Greece; 22 June 2014 through 27 June 2014

    Keywords

    • adolescents
    • game based learning
    • healthy nutrition
    • obesity
    • serious games

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