Evaluating the impact of a cloud-based serious game on obese people

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 30, Issue , 2014, Pages 468-475

  Alamri, Atif ^a   Hassan, Mohammad Mehedi ^a   Hossain, M Anwar ^a   Al Qurishi, Muhammad ^a   Aldukhayyil, Yousuf ^a   Shamim Hossain, M ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Cloud computing; Health monitoring and cognitive behavior; Obesity; Serious game

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE BEHAVIOR; GAME COMPLEXITY; MONITORING PROCESS; OBESITY; ON THE SPOTS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL EXERCISE; SERIOUS GAMES;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CLOUD COMPUTING; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84889098588     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2013.06.021     Document Type: Article

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