Couch potatoes no more: Video game will fight obesity
DAVIS
November 21, 2012 5:22am
"A new video game under development by University of California, Davis, researchers may encourage children to strengthen their action-hero characters by logging miles walked and calories burned in the real world.
Researchers in the UC Davis School of Education and Foods for Health Institute are teaming with a professional game designer to create the game, which requires players to enter personal health data and set physical goals. The project is funded with a two-year, $500,000 grant from the National Science Foundation aimed at fighting childhood obesity.
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The game is scheduled to be in use by health educators in select South Sacramento schools next spring for 11- to 14-year-old students.
The project, "GET-UP: Gaming to Educate Teens about Understanding Personal Health," will have youth participating in the initial development, testing and launch of the game. They will wear activity-monitor devices that measure such things as steps walked, floors climbed and calories burned."
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