NDLI: Persuasive technology to improve eating behavior using a sensor-embedded fork

Content Provider	ACM Digital Library
Author	Siio, Itiro Li, Cheng-Yuan Kadomura, Azusa Tsukada, Koji Chu, Hao-Hua
Abstract	This paper describes the design of a digital fork and a mobile interactive and persuasive game for a young child who is a picky eater and/or easily distracted during mealtime. The system employs Ubicomp technology to educate children on the importance of a balanced diet while motivating proper eating behavior. To sense a child's eating behavior, we have designed and prototyped a sensor-embedded digital fork, called the Sensing Fork. Furthermore, we have developed a story-book and persuasive game, called the Hungry Panda, on a smartphone. This capitalizes on the capabilities of the Sensing Fork to interact with and modify children's eating behavior during mealtime. We report the results of a real-life study that involves mother-child subjects and tested the effectiveness of the Sensing Fork and Hungry Panda game in addressing children's eating problems. Our findings exhibit positive effects for changing children's eating behavior.
Starting Page	319
Ending Page	329
Page Count	11
File Format	PDF QT / MOV
ISBN	9781450329682
DOI	10.1145/2632048.2632093
Language	English
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Publisher Date	2014-09-13
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Subject Keyword	Persuasive technology Fork Food color Sensing Ubiquitous computing Children Mobile Eating behavior
Content Type	Video Text
Resource Type	Article

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Persuasive technology to improve eating behavior using a sensor-embedded fork