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Serious Games for Health and Medicine (802) Games and Gamification for Health (777) Parent and Child Education on Healthy Eating and Nutrition (214) Innovations and Technology for Healthy Eating Education (487) Obesity and Nutrition as Public Health Problem (397) Behavior Change (863) Formative Evaluation and Development of Games (87) Game Design and Efficacy of Game Elements (95)

Published on in Vol 10, No 2 (2022): Apr-Jun

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/33412, first published .
HelperFriend, a Serious Game for Promoting Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors in Children: Design and Pilot Study

HelperFriend, a Serious Game for Promoting Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors in Children: Design and Pilot Study

HelperFriend, a Serious Game for Promoting Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors in Children: Design and Pilot Study

Authors of this article:

Ismael Edrein Espinosa-Curiel1 Author Orcid Image ;   Edgar Efrén Pozas-Bogarin1 Author Orcid Image ;   Maryleidi Hernández-Arvizu1 Author Orcid Image ;   Maria Elena Navarro-Jiménez1 Author Orcid Image ;   Edwin Emeth Delgado-Pérez2 Author Orcid Image ;   Juan Martínez-Miranda1 Author Orcid Image ;   Humberto Pérez-Espinosa1 Author Orcid Image
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  1. Aigner C, Köck K, Baranyi R, Winkler S, Weindl K, Grechenig T. 2024 IEEE 12th International Conference on Serious Games and Applications for Health (SeGAH). NutriMine - A serious game modification for Minecraft to support people keeping a healthy diet View