Virtual avatars, gaming, and social media: Designing a mobile health app to help children choose healthier food options | Zendy

Yulin Hswen | Zendy; Vaidhy Murti | Zendy; Adenugbe A Vormawor | Zendy; Robbie Bhattacharjee | Zendy; John A. Naslund | Zendy

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Virtual avatars, gaming, and social media: Designing a mobile health app to help children choose healthier food options

Author(s) -

Yulin Hswen,

Vaidhy Murti,

Adenugbe A Vormawor,

Robbie Bhattacharjee,

John A. Naslund

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

journal of mobile technology in medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 1839-7808

DOI - 10.7309/jmtm.2.2.3

Subject(s) - avatar , app store , social media , mobile device , computer science , multimedia , internet privacy , relevance (law) , mhealth , world wide web , psychology , human–computer interaction , psychological intervention , psychiatry , political science , law

Rapid growth in Smartphone use among children affords potential opportunities to target health behaviors such as dietary habits; however, few mobile health applications are specifically designed with these individuals in mind. This brief report describes our step-by-step approach towards developing a mobile health application for targeting nutrition behaviors among children.

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