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In the children’s game American Horsepower Challenge , players create a horse avatar online and then place a pedometer on their own shoe to keep track of the number of steps they take throughout the day. Players are ranked according to the number of steps they take.

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In Body Mechanics: Escape from Obeez City, players and a team of experts are miniaturized and sent into the body of a critically obese patient. Players of this DVD game will learn about the importance of living a healthy lifestyle and exercising to stay fit.

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Boy Scout 5–A–Day Badge is designed to educate boy scouts about the importance of healthy eating and exercise. Players assume the role of a comic character whose job is to break down the barriers that are keeping kids from eating more fruits and vegetables.

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“Community Clash is an online card game that engages you in a discovery of your community's health and well-being status, and lets you see how it compares to other communities in a head-to-head clash. Play endless hands, exploring different metrics and locations each time, and share key victories with your friends. You can also personalize the experience by getting your own well-being score and using it in the clashes.”

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Disney’s Fit Forever Champ Camp aims to teach children how to stay physically active and eat in healthier ways. Set in a campsite, players of this free, online game complete health challenges at stations focused on the food pyramid and fun ways to stay in shape.

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Focused on eating healthy foods and exercising, Escape from Diab takes place in a distant land in which a corrupt king has denied the people of his kingdom proper nutrition and exercise. Players navigate through the land of Diab to help save its inhabitants.

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Fatworld is a game that focuses on the political side of nutrition. Players can learn about the role socioeconomics plays in the relationship between obesity and nutrition in the United States. The game addresses budgetary factors and regulations that impact society and affect the politics of nutrition. This free downloadable game is targeted toward children.

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This role-playing game is aimed at adolescent girls at risk of obesity. It encourages players to follow the food groups and serving suggestions of each while getting ample amounts of physical activity daily.

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Houston is a mobile phone game designed to encourage physical activity. The game comes with a pedometer that counts the number of steps players take over a certain period of time. When that time is up, players’ step count is shared with friends and family so they can compare and compete with each other. This game is not currently available.

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IMPACT was developed in response to growing concern over obesity in the United States. Players can learn about the benefits of physical activity and how to change their lifestyles for the better. This game has been used to help those at risk of obesity develop habits that will help them regain a healthier life. IMPACT is designed for tweens and is available for MAC and PC.

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Jillian Michael’s Fitness Ultimatum 2009 is an exergame for the Nintendo Wii that uses celebrity fitness trainer Jillian Michael as a guide and motivator to help players achieve their fitness goals. This game intends to help players lose weight and stay in shape with a variety of fun exercise and strength routines.

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Juice Jumble is a free, online educational health game designed to teach children about the importance of choosing beverages that contain 100% fruit juice. The goal is to match five tiles that contain pictures of a particular drink to make a chain. Each time players complete a chain, the tiles turn over and reveal tips for spotting drinks that are made completely out of fruit juice.

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Lunch Crunch is a free, online educational game for children about the importance of maintaining a healthy diet filled with fruits and vegetables. This game was to help prevent diabetes and obesity by educating players about living healthier lifestyles.

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"It’s lunchtime again and Chef Bleu has cooked up some healthy (and not-so-healthy) items for you to choose from! Lunch is a great time to add fruit and vegetables to your day even when eating out. Help the lunch line by removing unhealthy side items from plates and replacing them with two fruits and vegetables before they get to Chef Bleu. Feed the hungry dishwasher fly, Monsieur Grosse, all the unhealthy leftovers for extra points."

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This weight loss game for the Nintendo DS intends to teach players how to adopt and maintain healthier eating habits and get ample amounts of daily physical activity. The game includes a pedometer to keep track of progress and allows players to come up with a program that fits their needs and lifestyles.

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Nanoswarm: Invasion from Inner Space is a serious game developed to combat obesity and type 2 diabetes. Players embark on a sci-fi adventure that incorporates behavioral modification theories to help players adopt healthier eating habits and engage in ample physical activity. This game is not currently available.

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NEAT-o-Race and NEAT-o-Sudoku are mobile phone games that require players to earn activity points in order to advance. Activity points can be earned by wearing a sensory device that reads and stores players’ aerobic activity.

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This free, online educational game is designed to help teach players how to lose weight by eating balanced meals. The goal of this game is to create meals that have a balance of low-fat and low-protein foods. In order to accomplish this, players choose foods from a virtual refrigerator and drop them onto a plate and receive feedback about the meal that was created.

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"Nonprofit medicine research and education company The Cooper Institute is fighting childhood obesity with The Quest to Lava Mountain, an educational game targeted at grade school children. The game is described as an exploration-based adventure with avatar customization that teaches children proper nutritional habits. It is part of the NutriGram program, an interactive educational initiative funded by the Texas Department of Agriculture."

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This online educational game is designed to teach and warn players about the risk of triggers can lead to poor eating choices when dieting. The game addresses many problems individuals may come across when trying to lose weight and offers tips and strategies for staying on track and not giving in to temptation. 

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WiseHealthKids.com is a web site for kids that offers a set of educational and health games that encourage players to make smarter eating choices. Players can subscribe to this site to engage in puzzles, exercises, challenges, and activities that focus on ways to adopt healthier habits. This site was created to help combat child obesity and is a safe interactive environment.

Organizations

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"The American Dietetic Association is the world's largest organization of food and nutrition professionals. ADA is committed to improving the nation's health and advancing the profession of dietetics through research, education and advocacy."

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"The Care Continuum Alliance represents more than 200 organizations and individuals and aligns all stakeholders along the continuum of care toward improving the health of populations. Through advocacy, research and education, The Care Continuum Alliance advances population-based strategies to improve care quality and value and to reduce preventable costs and improve quality of life for individuals with and at risk of chronic conditions."

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"The Children's Nutrition Research Center is one of six federally funded human nutrition research centers in the nation and the first to conduct scientific investigations into the role of maternal, infant and child nutrition in optimal health, development, and growth."

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"Entertainment Robotics was established in 1999, and legally founded in February 2000, as a spin-off from world leading research into modern artificial intelligence, robotics, modular robotics, and playware. The company takes the view that products should integrate context development, educational principles, and physical components in order to create the most thrilling and intelligent entertainment. Also, the company creates unique products that can be personalized and adaptive by using the extensive competencies on adaptive systems and modern artificial intelligence."

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"HopeLab is a nonprofit organization that combines rigorous research with innovative solutions to improve the health and quality of life of young people with chronic illness. We work closely with young people with chronic illness to understand their needs and to incorporate their critical and ongoing input into product development. We are committed to the scientific study of our interventions through formative research and outcome studies to ensure that these products and/or approaches are effective.”

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"Nourish Interactive is your free one stop resource for fun nutrition games for kids, interactive nutrition tools and tips for parents and health educators to use to promote healthy living for the whole family."

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"The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation seeks to improve the health and health care of all Americans. Our efforts focus on improving both the health of everyone in America and their health care—how it's delivered, how it's paid for, and how well it does for patients and their families."

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"Through our education, research, and community outreach, we focus on improving the health of populations. Our interdisciplinary approach allows us to collaborate with many other schools at the University of Minnesota. By combining our expertise, we can explore innovative ways of maintaining and improving the health of the people in Minnesota, our country, and the world. Through our education, research, and community outreach, we focus on improving the health of populations. Our interdisciplinary approach allows us to collaborate with many other schools at the University of Minnesota.

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"The Society of Behavioral Medicine is a multidisciplinary organization of clinicians, educators, and scientists dedicated to promoting the study of the interactions of behavior with biology and the environment, and the application of that knowledge to improve the health and well being of individuals, families, communities and populations."

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"A nationally ranked private university with seven degree-granting schools, SMU is a distinguished center for teaching and research located in the heart of Dallas. SMU’s 11,000 students benefit from small classes, leadership opportunities, international study and innovative programs."

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"The Cooper Institute (CI), established in 1970, is a 501.c.3. nonprofit research and education organization dedicated globally to preventive medicine. The Institute’s founder, Kenneth H. Cooper, M.D., M.P.H., the “Father of Aerobics,” was an Air Force physician who became interested in the role of exercise in preserving health. When he published his first best seller, Aerobics, in 1968, he introduced a new word and was the spark for millions to become active."

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"Nemours is one of the nation’s leading pediatric health systems, dedicated to advancing higher standards in children’s health. We’ve made a promise to do whatever it takes to prevent and treat even the most disabling childhood conditions—a promise of specialty medical care, advanced hospitalization, applied research, and advocacy integrated with health information, prevention and a continuous process of teaching and learning."

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"Body Mechanics Creative Director, health and fitness entertainer and leading children’s health advocate, Tony Findlay is passionate about saving the lives of children all over the world. With a history that spans nearly 25 years in the realm of health and fitness, Findlay has come from the military to the fitness arena to television and now entertainment including animated movies and interactive games."

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"The United States Department of Agriculture (informally the Agriculture Department or USDA) is the United States federal executive department responsible for developing and executing U.S. federal government policy on farming, agriculture, and food. It aims to meet the needs of farmers and ranchers, promote agricultural trade and production, work to assure food safety, protect natural resources, foster rural communities and end hunger in the United States and abroad."

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"The UIC School of Public Health is dedicated to excellence in protecting and improving the health and well-being of the people of the metropolitan Chicago area, the State of Illinois, and the nation, and of others throughout the world.

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"The School of Public Health works with zoonotic diseases, rural outreach, health care disparities, biostatistics, aging, and childhood health. Its dedicated to discovering the best HIV/AIDS treatments, stopping obesity, helping young people quit smoking, and keeping workers safe. The school’s scope is large but focused and as we enter the second decade of the 21st century, the world is lucky to have the knowledge, commitment, and experience of SPH students and faculty on its side."

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"The University of Pennsylvania (commonly referred to as Penn or UPenn) is a private research university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States and is one of the eight members of the Ivy League. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, and is considered the first university in the United States with both undergraduate and graduate studies. "

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“WiseHealthKids.com is a revolutionary web community designed to combine learning and fun! …Users can tackle Challenges and Trivia, play tons of cool online games, earn WisePoints, buy and decorate their very own Treehouse…. Our goal at WiseHealth Inc. is to help you navigate your way to healthier living. WiseHealth provides timely and efficient solutions to healthcare, education, disease management, and preventative health initiatives. Our passion is for helping families and children to take responsibility for active management of personal health."

Publications

Publications

Norman, G. J., Zabinski, M. F., Adams, M. A., Rosenberg, D. E., Yaroch, A. L., & Atienza, A. A. (2007). A review of ehealth interventions for physical activity and dietary behavior change. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 33(4), 336-345.