HelperFriend, a Serious Game for Promoting Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors in Children: Design and Pilot Study

• Main Authors: Ismael Edrein Espinosa-Curiel (Author), Edgar Efrén Pozas-Bogarin (Author), Maryleidi Hernández-Arvizu (Author), Maria Elena Navarro-Jiménez (Author), Edwin Emeth Delgado-Pérez (Author), Juan Martínez-Miranda (Author), Humberto Pérez-Espinosa (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: JMIR Publications, 2022-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BackgroundThe use of health games is a promising strategy for educating and promoting healthy lifestyle behaviors among children. ObjectiveWe aimed to describe the design and development of a serious game, called HelperFriend, and evaluate its feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effects in c...