A serious video game to increase fruit and vegetable consumption among elementary aged youth (Squire’s Quest! II): Rationale, design, and methods

JMIR Research Protocols

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Thompson, Debbe ^a   Bhatt, Riddhi ^a   Lazarus, Melanie ^b   Cullen, Karen ^a   Baranowski, Janice ^a   Baranowski, Tom ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Action implementation intention; Children; Coping implementation intention; Fruit; Goal setting; Intervention; Nutrition; Vegetable; Video game

Indexed keywords

EID: 85099702677     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19290748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/resprot.2348     Document Type: Article

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