Active Video Gaming for behaviour change and childhood obesity prevention

年轻人的消费量远低于建议的每天最低5份水果和蔬菜(FV)(Baranowski)。英国有近300万儿童超重，其中150万儿童肥胖(国家儿童测量计划)，想方设法帮助年轻人消费更多的FV，这将有助于降低他们成年后患肥胖症和糖尿病的风险。92%的儿童摄入了超过推荐量的饱和脂肪，86%的儿童摄入了过多的糖，72%的儿童摄入了过多的盐，96%的儿童没有摄入足够的FV(国民饮食和营养)。在英国，与食物相关的健康问题造成了约10%的发病率和死亡率，10%的人丧失了DALY，NHS每年花费约60亿GB。儿童和青少年开始获得选择他们吃的食物的自主权，但可能没有足够的信息来做出知情的选择。系列视频游戏为在儿童中促进与健康相关的饮食改变提供了新的机会。美食达人将开发一款主动视频游戏(AVG)，以一种引人入胜和易于理解的形式提供饮食行为改变。

Youth consume well below the recommended minimum of five fruit and vegetable (FV)servings per day (Baranowski). With nearly 3m children overweight in the UK and 1.5m ofthese obese (National Child Measurement Programme), finding ways to help youth consumemore FV will help decrease their risk of developing adult obesity and diabetes. 92% ofchildren consume more saturated fat than recommended, 86% too much sugar, 72% too muchsalt and 96% do not get enough FV (National Diet and Nutrition). Food related ill health isresponsible for ~10% of morbidity and mortality in the UK, 10% lost DALYS and costs theNHS about £6 bn annually. Children and adolescent begin to gain autonomy over choosingthe food they eat, yet may not have adequate information to make informed choices. Seriousvideo games offer new opportunities for promoting health related diet change among children.Food Dudes will develop an active video game (AVG) to deliver behaviour change in diet inan engaging and accessible format.