Presentation given at BarCamp San Diego 7.

1. 1 Can Games Save Your Life?

2. 2 Games have the potential to revolutionize how we make healthy choices in our everyday lives.

3. 3 Why isn’t this working? Challenge #1: Expectations ≠ Reality

4. 4 If we only knew then what we know now. . . Challenge #2: Immediacy

5. 5 Outcome: Confusion & Failure

6. 6 Games can directly impact the issues related to health behavior choices. REWARDING IMMEDIATE FUN

7. 7 Rewards Are Reinforcing But you have to find what works. . .

8. 8 Reward/reinforcement strategies that promote healthy choices by delivering gratification NOW.

9. 9 Rewards Immediacy Challenge Mastery Autonomy Competition (Social) = FUN And the more fun it is the more you play!

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11. 11 Behavior 1: Diet Fruit & Vegetable Intake Saturated Fat Intake

12. 12 Behavior 2: Physical Activity Total Daily Movement

13. 14 Technology & Health Behavior Games MOBILE SENSORS NETWORKS ALGORYTHMS SOCIAL NET

14. 14 Advances in technology will allow us to develop game systems that encourage healthy choices for people of all ages. And they will be. . . PERSUASIVE OMNIPRESENT FUN!

15. 15 Ernesto Ramirez erramirez@gmail.com www.ernestoramirez.org @e_ramirez All photos via Flickr (Slide#/Flickr ID) 1/mtsofan 2/eyefruit 3/johncohen 4/tokaris 5/b-tal 6/galrandcannon 7/keryvw 8/xploded 9/id-iom 11/bonnieshulman 12/aarmono 13/evelynishere14/jm999uk 15/thetruthabout