Promoting Healthy Eating Habits Through “Monster Appetite”

Promoting Healthy Eating Habits Through “Monster Appetite”

Maria HwangPantiphar Chantes

Grant TedaldiAnn Louie R. Lomboy

Maria HwangPantiphar Chantes

Grant TedaldiAnn Louie R. Lomboy

AgendaAgenda

Obesity Epidemic

Conceptual Framework

Game - “Monster Appetite”

Initial Testing

Future Steps

USA

“Effective school health programs make for healthier students and improved academic achievement”

Dr. Howell Wechsler, Ed. D., MPH

Director Division of Adolescent and School Health National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention

Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund makes $15M commitment to inspire healthier communities, launching its healthy food & community change initiative

CDC (Center for disease control and prevention)School-based obesity prevention strategies for state policymakers

The Future of Children OrganizationFighting obesity in the public schools

Camden City Public Schools in New JerseyA comprehensive wellness policy

NASBE (National Association of State Boards of Education)Obesity Prevention policies for middle and high schools

Multicomponent problem

Social Cognitive Theory

Self-Determination Theory

Self-Efficacy

Small Changes Approach

Monster AppetiteMonster Appetite

Goal: Feed you monster avatar over the course of 7 days (in game time), the monster with the highest calories at the end of the week wins!

Design consideration

Design consideration

Not stressful but playful

‘Chance Cards’

Competitive play

Player 1

Player 2

Player 3

Player 4

Player 1

Player 2

Player 3

Player 4

Player 1

Player 2

Player 3

Player 4

Player 1

Player 2

Player 3

Player 4

360

Player 1

Player 2

Player 3

Player 4

Player 1

Player 2

Player 3

Player 4

- Take 1 card- Take 2 cards- Give back 1 card- Give back 2 cards- Make monster noise- Make monster face

INITIAL TESTINGINITIAL TESTING

FUTURE STEPSFUTURE STEPS

Tamagochi ( たまごっち ) - a handheld digital pet

Play on the goPlay on the go

Built-in barcodeBuilt-in barcode

Geo-locationGeo-location

Build your own cards

Build your own cards

Social networkSocial network

“The next big swap”

Be careful!! There’s a monster in everyone of you!

Be careful!! There’s a monster in everyone of you!