Researchers have children playing for ten minutes, two games inspired by arcade game “Pac-Man.” In the first game, children must “eat” fruit and vegetables, and lose points if they ate food unhealthy as soda, chips or chocolate. The second set offered a reverse pattern, where children were punished if they ate fruits and vegetables.

These games are advertising on many sites of food or beverages.

After playing 90% of children subjected to the promoting healthy food chose to eat healthy snacks, against 10% of children who played the game promoting “junk food”.

Several organizations preventive health proposed to establish communication campaigns based on these games.

Participants in this study were 30 children at “high risk of obesity” Afro-American families on low incomes, ages 9 to 10 years, living in urban areas.

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