Solution for Distracted Eating
Expedition Play
Bingzhe Li
Michigan State University
MI 831 Theories for Game and Interaction Game Design
Based on Irem Gokce Yildirim’s Expedition Learning Final https://sites.google.com/site/iremmi8312016/my-tc831-assignments/expeditions/2-learning Problem:
Overweight and obesity are now considering as major healthy problems. In the United States, more than two out of every three adults are considered to be overweight. And about 1/3 children from age 6-19 are considered to be overweight or obesity. (NIH, 2016) The main reason of obesity is that people “Consume high amounts high of energy, particularly fat and sugars, but don’t burn off the energy through exercise and physical activity.” (NHS) In another word, people eating too much but exercising too little. While …show more content…
Distracted eating caused by electronic devices is one of the major factors that leads to overweight and obesity. (Howard,2013) We find that increasing the face to face communication between people might be the solution for this problem. This game requires players to pay attention to what they are eating and how much do they eat. They will intentionally observe while eating and learn afterwards that they eat less without distracted by electronic devices. In this way, we hope players benefit from this game by realizing the harm of distracted eating. What’s more, to correct this bad habit and make more communication with people face to face.
Reference
Baumeister, R. F., Heatherton, T. F., & Tice, D. M. (1994). Losing control: How and why people fail at self-regulation. Academic press.
Irem,Y (2016). Serious Game Design as a Solution for Distracted Eating, Expedition Learning, MI831 Google Group
Expedition Play
Bingzhe Li
Michigan State University
MI 831 Theories for Game and Interaction Game Design
Based on Irem Gokce Yildirim’s Expedition Learning Final https://sites.google.com/site/iremmi8312016/my-tc831-assignments/expeditions/2-learning Problem:
Overweight and obesity are now considering as major healthy problems. In the United States, more than two out of every three adults are considered to be overweight. And about 1/3 children from age 6-19 are considered to be overweight or obesity. (NIH, 2016) The main reason of obesity is that people “Consume high amounts high of energy, particularly fat and sugars, but don’t burn off the energy through exercise and physical activity.” (NHS) In another word, people eating too much but exercising too little. While …show more content…
Distracted eating caused by electronic devices is one of the major factors that leads to overweight and obesity. (Howard,2013) We find that increasing the face to face communication between people might be the solution for this problem. This game requires players to pay attention to what they are eating and how much do they eat. They will intentionally observe while eating and learn afterwards that they eat less without distracted by electronic devices. In this way, we hope players benefit from this game by realizing the harm of distracted eating. What’s more, to correct this bad habit and make more communication with people face to face.
Reference
Baumeister, R. F., Heatherton, T. F., & Tice, D. M. (1994). Losing control: How and why people fail at self-regulation. Academic press.
Irem,Y (2016). Serious Game Design as a Solution for Distracted Eating, Expedition Learning, MI831 Google Group