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Serious Games for Diabetes, Obesity, and Healthy Lifestyle
“Serious Games for Diabetes, Obesity, and Healthy Lifestyle,” a special symposium in the July 2012 issue of the Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology, features five research articles from grantees of RWJF's national program, Health Games Research. The issue is guest co-edited by Health Games Research National Program Director Debra Lieberman of the University of California, Santa Barbara, and by Deborah Thompson, PhD, associate professor of pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine and research nutritionist with the Agricultural Research Service, the main in-house research arm of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
The symposium contains five research articles that investigate design strategies and effects of health behavior change games aimed at motivating and supporting players’ physical activity. Four of the articles study exergames, such as Wii Fit, which require physical exertion as the interface to the game. Another article studies a technology-supported alternate reality game that challenges players to solve a mystery and, in the process, engage in physical activity in various locations in the community. These five research articles report on work funded by the Health Games Research national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Pioneer Portfolio.
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Two-player partnered exergame for obesity prevention: Using discrepancy in players’ abilities as a strategy to motivate physical activity
Feltz, D. L., Irwin, B., & Kerr, N. (2012). Two-player partnered exergame for obesity prevention: Using discrepancy in players' abilities as a strategy to motivate physical activity. Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology, 6(4), 820-827.
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Interactivity and reward-related neural activation during a serious videogame
Cole, S.W., Yoo, D.J., Knutson, B. (2012) Interactivity and reward-related neural activation during a serious videogame. PLoS ONE, 7(3), e33909.
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Zamzee, Co.
Zamzee Co. was established in 2010 by HopeLab, founded by philanthropist Pam Omidyar. HopeLab is funded by Pam and her husband, eBay founder and chairman Pierre Omidyar.
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American Red Cross
"Since its founding in 1881 by visionary leader Clara Barton, the American Red Cross has been the nation's premier emergency response organization. As part of a worldwide movement that offers neutral humanitarian care to the victims of war, the American Red Cross distinguishes itself by also aiding victims of devastating natural disasters. Over the years, the organization has expanded its services, always with the aim of preventing and relieving suffering."
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Squire's Quest! II
"The Squire's Quest! 2 research project is the second iteration of the Children's Nutrition Research Center's highly acclaimed multimedia program Squire's Quest!, which was clinically proven to increase fruit, juice and vegetable consumption in elementary school children by one serving size. Eight animated characters interact with the player, a Squire, who must save the mediaeval Kingdom of Fivealot from the sneaky King Ssynster by meeting FJV goals and earning enough badges to become a Knight."
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Kosmix
"Kosmix was an American privately held company in Mountain View, California. Their website earns revenue from advertising related to its categorization engine. The engine organizes the Internet into topic pages allowing users to explore the Web by topic, "presenting a dashboard of relevant videos, photos, news, commentary, opinion, communities and links to related topics". Venky Harinarayan and Anand Rajaraman founded Kosmix in 2005." In 2011, Kosmix was aquired by Walmart.
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YoYo Games
"YoYo Games was founded in 2007 by a group of leading Games and Entertainment industry executives including James North-Hearn, CEO of Foundation9, Michel Cassius, ex European Marketing Di
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Captain Chemo
Captain Chemo is a free, online adventure game that deals with and can help cancer patients cope with the unpleasant side effects of cancer treatments.
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D.M. Dinwiddie, Physician-in-Training
D.M. Dinwiddie, Physician-in-Training is an adventure game designed to give adolescents a peak into the world of medical professionals. Players of this game learn about what it takes to be a medical professional by giving them an opportunity to research, diagnose, and treat patients with common ailments.
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