New Computer Games Teach Nutrition to Needy
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In an effort to educate the nation's neediest children on nutrition, a new project uses the familiar medium of video games to broadcast its message. The Fantastic Food Challenge, a package of four computer games, is designed to teach people who get nutrition aid such as federal food stamps how to make better use of their food.
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A new site in the US is launched aimed at helping disadvantaged young people by teaching them game design.
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A quick trip through virtual reality is helping some smokers finally quit the evil weed. In Game|Life.
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The military's videogame recruiting tool does more than just lure future troops. It also teaches the kind of medical skills that can help save lives.
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The most popular dieting brands are now weighing in with calorie counters and nutritional guides designed for personal digital assistants and combination PDA-mobile phones. Just in time for the season of bountiful temptation.
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Children are being presented with healthier choices for school dinners and in vending machines.
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Public radio production company American Public Media has launched an interactive game that allows users to calculate and illustrate their family's ecological impact.
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Students design mobile data-access system for health-care workers.
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Through the World Community Grid, your computer could help address the world's health and social problems.
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A Pac-Man-like game that delivers electric shocks to gamers reveals the brain's reaction to danger.
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NEW YORK  - A new computer program rates  snack foods according to their nutritional components, enabling  kids to make healthier choices from school vending machines,  according to researchers.
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FORT WORTH, Texas -- The video game playing was getting out of hand. When Johnathan Wendel, then 19, was not in class or at work, he was in front of the computer. His mom didn't like it. Cut back or move out, she told him.
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THEY USED TO be for kids. Space Invaders, Pong, Doom, some of them were shoot-âem-up fun, others were just, well, fun. But computer games have changed.
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New version of hit game gives characters a purpose in life and a chance to pass on their DNA.
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Playing new style computer games can help people burn up a significant amount of calories, research has found.
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Buddy, can you lend a thumb? MySims, Rune Factory and Drawn to Life give gamers a chance to play the selfless card.
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Such electronic instant-gratification devices as television and videogames are cited for boosting obesity among America&#39;s youth.