Influence of a Video Game on Children’s Attention to Food: Should Games Be Served with a Character During Mealtime?

• Published in: HCI in Games: Serious and Immersive Games Vol. 12790; pp. 42 - 50
• Main Authors: Ma, Weiwei, Liu, Bo, Liu, Zhao
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland Springer International Publishing AG 2021; Springer International Publishing
• Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science
• Subjects: Children; Eating behavior; Gamification

Young children always have picky eating behavior or easily distracted during mealtime. Different game-based approaches have increasingly been used in dietary interventions for children. Characters are often used in gamification applications that aim to motivate proper eating behavior. This study aim...