Kaiser Permanente has developed a free online game that teaches 9- and 10-year-olds about healthy eating and exercise.
This new video game is called “The Incredible Adventures of the Amazing Food Detective“:
The game takes a novel approach from most arcade games. After playing for about 20 minutes, the game locks players out and won’t unlock for another hour.
“Kids in America spend too much time in front of the TV, and the messages they get there about eating, activity, and role models are all the wrong (ones),” said Ray Baxter, senior vice president for community benefit at Kaiser Permanente.
“Finger-wagging and telling kids to eat more green vegetables is not going to work. You’ve got to change the environment and change the message.”
The purpose is to get kids to stop playing computer games and go outside for some fresh air and exercise.
The game teaches kids how to read food labels, how to measure the amount of sugar in drinks and other health skills.
Source: Reuters
August 20th, 2008
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