It's a recipe for good health and for a unique Houston company, good health means good games for your kids.
The story-boards and the funny looking characters are all part of the people behind Playnormous.com.
A website focused on health gaming for kids with creative ways to combat obesity and diabetes in children.
Nearly $20 million in grants from places like National Institutes of Health have been a healthy lifeline to create games teachers and kids are using.
One of the most popular is a game called Lunch Crunch, where a monster lunch lady checks your plate.
They have also developed more serious games like Escape From Diab. The object is to get out of a city where the only food comes from a vending machine.
All of the games have what some here call a "stealth health" message.
Schools all over the country are using the site. Playnormous is giving away decorated iMacs to teachers who write essays about how the games are affecting students.
Playnormous: a concept started here in Houston that people here hope kids eat up.
A website focused on health gaming for kids with creative ways to combat obesity and diabetes in children.
Nearly $20 million in grants from places like National Institutes of Health have been a healthy lifeline to create games teachers and kids are using.
One of the most popular is a game called Lunch Crunch, where a monster lunch lady checks your plate.
They have also developed more serious games like Escape From Diab. The object is to get out of a city where the only food comes from a vending machine.
All of the games have what some here call a "stealth health" message.
Schools all over the country are using the site. Playnormous is giving away decorated iMacs to teachers who write essays about how the games are affecting students.
Playnormous: a concept started here in Houston that people here hope kids eat up.
