Food Literacy while Shopping: Motivating Informed Food Purchasing Behaviour with a Situated Gameful App

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dc.contributor.authorBomfim, Marcela C.C.
dc.contributor.authorKirkpatrick, Sharon I.
dc.contributor.authorNacke, Lennart
dc.contributor.authorWallace, James R.
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-23T17:53:30Z
dc.date.available2019-12-23T17:53:30Z
dc.date.issued2020-04-25
dc.description.abstractEstablishing healthy eating patterns early in life is critical and has implications for lifelong health. Situated interventions are a promising approach to improve eating patterns. How- ever, HCI research has emphasized calorie control and weight loss, potentially leading consumers to prioritize caloric in- take over healthy eating patterns. To support healthy eating more holistically, we designed a gameful app called Pirate Bri’s Grocery Adventure (PBGA) that seeks to improve food literacy—meaning the interconnected combination of food- related knowledge, skills, and behaviours that empower an individual to make informed food choices—through a situated approach to grocery shopping. Findings from our three-week field study revealed that PBGA was effective for improving players’ nutrition knowledge and motivation for healthier food choices and reducing their impulse purchases. Our findings highlight that nutrition apps should promote planning and shopping based on balance, variety, and moderation.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3313831.3376801
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10012/15379
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherACMen
dc.subjectfood literacyen
dc.subjectsituated appen
dc.subjectgameful designen
dc.subjectgrocery shoppingen
dc.titleFood Literacy while Shopping: Motivating Informed Food Purchasing Behaviour with a Situated Gameful Appen
dc.typeConference Paperen
uws.contributor.affiliation1Faculty of Applied Health Sciencesen
uws.contributor.affiliation2Public Health and Health Systems (School of)en
uws.peerReviewStatusRevieweden
uws.scholarLevelFacultyen
uws.scholarLevelGraduateen
uws.typeOfResourceTexten

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