A Persuasive Game to Encourage Healthy Dietary Behaviors of Kindergarten Children
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We have explored the design of an interactive, persuasive game to assist adults to improve dietary behaviors of kindergarten children. The persuasive game is played over a smart lunch tray. The smart lunch tray incorporates both context-awareness and interactive media persuasion, enabling the creation of a persuasive smart object.
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