Persuasive Technology to Improve Eating Behavior using a Sensor-Embedded Fork

被引:50
作者
Kadomura, Azusa [1 ]
Li, Cheng-Yuan [2 ]
Tsukada, Koji [3 ]
Chu, Hao-Hua [2 ]
Siio, Itiro [1 ]
机构
[1] Ochanomizu Univ, Dept Comp Sci, Tokyo, Japan
[2] Natl Taiwan Univ, Dept Comp Sci & Informat Engn, Taipei, Taiwan
[3] Future Univ Hakodate, Dept Media Architecture, Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan
来源
UBICOMP'14: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2014 ACM INTERNATIONAL JOINT CONFERENCE ON PERVASIVE AND UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING | 2014年
关键词
Children; Eating behavior; Food color; Fork; Mobile; Sensing; Persuasive technology; Ubiquitous computing;
D O I
10.1145/2632048.2632093
中图分类号
TP301 [理论、方法];
学科分类号
081202 ;
摘要
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.
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页码:319 / 329
页数:11
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