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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.

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.

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.

"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."

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.

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. 

"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."

"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.”

"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.

"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."

"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."

"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."