Georgia Tech mobile phone game trains players to make healthier diet selections

With Halloween and the holiday season fast approaching, many people will be watching their waistlines as they're tempted by a cornucopia of sugary and savoury foods. Meanwhile a Georgia Tech College of Computing Ph.D. candidate has shown that playing health-related video games on a mobile device can help adults learn to live more healthfully by making smart diet choices. The finding is published in the paper, 'Let's Play! Mobile Health Games for Adults,' recently presented at Ubicomp 2010 in Copenhagen, Denmark...

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