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April 4, 2013 | Story
Five finalist teams were announced at the conclusion of Phase I of AF4Q's Game Challenge, a competition to create game applications that generate useful health care quality data to improve health and health care.
March 1, 2013 | Journal Article
Exergames shown to improve Latino childrens' cardiorespiratory endurance, as well as their math scores.
November 27, 2012 | Program Result Report
HopeLab Foundation, Redwood City, Calif., hosted an idea prize competition and then built an interactive, digital product to spur physical activity in middle school students, particularly those youth who are most likely to become obese.
January 30, 2013 | National Program
Advancing effectiveness of interactive games for health.
January 30, 2013 | Grantee
Supporting the development of cutting-edge games and game technologies to improve health and health care.
January 9, 2013 | Journal Article
Active videogames provide an effective adjunct to traditional PE classes for reaching recommended activity levels in children. It is recommended that children engage in 60 minutes of moderate- to vigorous-intensity physical activity (MVPA) most days ...
December 5, 2012 | News Release
Winning software developers will receive cash awards to create game applications to improve personal and community health.
October 30, 2012 | Pioneering Ideas Blog Post
The Children’s Digital Media Center at Georgetown University received a grant from Health Games Research to investigate the game design principles that might make exergames effective physical activity and weight loss tools.
August 20, 2012 | Pioneering Ideas Blog Post
Health Games Research Grantees Report Research Discoveries in the July 2012 Issue of Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology
July 23, 2012
This symposium contains five research articles that investigate design strategies and effects of health behavior change games aimed at motivating and supporting players’ physical activity.