The FIT Game: Preliminary evaluation of a gamification approach to increasing fruit and vegetable consumption in school

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue , 2014, Pages 76-79

  Jones, Brooke A ^a   Madden, Gregory J ^a   Wengreen, Heidi J ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elementary school; Fruit and vegetable consumption; Gamification; Incentives

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARROT; CHILD; EVALUATION STUDY; FIT GAME; FOLLOW UP; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HUMAN; NARRATIVE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL HEALTH EDUCATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VEGETABLE; CATERING SERVICE; DECISION MAKING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD PREFERENCE; GAME; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; INTERVENTION STUDY; MOTIVATION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SCHOOL; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

CHILD; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FACULTY; FOOD HABITS; FOOD PREFERENCES; FOOD SERVICES; FRUIT; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MOTIVATION; SCHOOLS; UTAH; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84921899420     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2014.04.015     Document Type: Article

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