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The Gamification of Health and Fitness to Reduce Childhood Obesity

5th Annual Freshman Engineering Program Honors Research Symposium Whitney Gall Department of Industrial Engineering Seth Washispack Department of Biomedical Engineering Faculty Mentor: Dr. Craig Thompson Department of Computer Science and Computer Engineering

Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Problem

• Increases in obesity

– Alarming increase in childhood obesity – Obese children: 5% to 17% in past three decades – 70% will carry their obesity into adulthood

• Health Care Costs

– In 2006, cost $1,429 more for obese patients – In 2008, cost for obesity-related issues entailed $147 billion

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Objective

• Work with nurses, kinesiology, nutrition,

education and computer specialists

• Co-design health and fitness mini-games that

fit into a game framework

• Quantitatively express improvement
• Increase knowledge of healthy choices
• Encourage behavior changes
• Reduce obesity

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Background

• Knowledge = Power
• Eight hours at school
• 2-3 meals provided by the school
• Low-income areas:

– Possess fewer playgrounds – Safety worries with outdoor play – Leads to excessive inside activities

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Background

• Gaming industry is exploding
• Gamification is a new trend

– Use gaming techniques – Use curriculum – Increase knowledge – Change behavior

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Background

Fitbit

• Syncs with smart phone
• Measures:

– Floors walked (elevation) – Steps taken – Calories burned – Sleep Quality

Up

• Syncs with smart phone
• Measures:

– Steps taken – Food eaten – Sleep quality

• Join challenges
• Reminds user to move

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Example

• f Fitbit

Example of Up wristband

Tasks

• 1. Understand gamification, curriculum and need
• 2. Discuss
• 3. Design
• 4. Test
• 5. Document

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Approach

Accomplish

• Brainstorm topics for understanding
• Game framework

– Smaller individual games – Communicates with user interface

• Ability for expansion

– Health and Fitness Gamification

• Be able to create other games with any curriculum
• Compelling for other age groups

– Other Disciplines

• Use form store any information

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Approach

Accomplish

• Our minigame - Record Keeper

– Enables user to manually log exercise sessions for any exercise – Implementation languages

• Hypertext Markup Language (HTML5)
• Hypertext Processor (PHP)
• myStandard Query Language (mySQL)

– Content

• Data Input: entry, amount, unit
• Keeps track of history

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Future Development

• Canvas Element

– Aptitude over time

• Point System

– Nutricoins – Exercoins

• Implementation

– Government grant – Pre- and post-tests

• Third party additions

– Self-sustained – Monitored

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References

• 1. “Adolescent and School Health.” Centers for Disease Control

and Prevention. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 07 June 2012. Web. 07 Nov. 2012. http://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/obesity/facts.htm

• 2. “Jawbone.” Jawbone.com. N.p.. n.d. Web. 07 Nov. 2012.

https://jawbone.com/up

• 3. The Surgeon General’s Vision for a Healthy and Fit Nation.

Rockville, MD: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Surgeon General, January 2010. http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/initiatives/healthy-fit- nation/index.html

• 4.“Wearability.” Fitbit.com.. N.p.. n.d. Web. 07 Nov. 2012.

http://www.fitbit.com/

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