"Creature-101": A Serious Game to Promote Energy Balance-Related Behaviors Among Middle School Adolescents

Games for Health Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 280-290

  Majumdar, Dalia ^a   Koch, Pamela A ^a   Lee, Heewon ^a   Contento, Isobel R ^a   Islas Ramos, Ana De Lourdes ^a   Fu, Daniel ^b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b STOTTLER HENKE ASSOCIATES INC   (United States)

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EID: 84993949778     PISSN: 2161783X     EISSN: 21617856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/g4h.2013.0045     Document Type: Article

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