White House courts devs to make healthy eating games

In a video presentation at the Game Developers Choice Awards , White House chief technology officer Aneesh Chopra discussed the Apps for Healthy Kids project, a plan to encourage game developers to collaborate with government to work against childhood obesity. The latest component, an Apps for Healthy Kids contest tasks game developers with creating games that help encourage good exercise and diet habits among kids and give parents information about what their children eat — with $40,000 in prizes for the winning games

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