October 22, 2018 – Cheba

(Games) For Health

As we continue to discuss the array of technological advancements that play a part in health promotion, this week we’re going to point out the way competitions (games) state their involvement.

Competition

Through this weeks excursions, I’ve noticed that there are quite a few ways to entice competition just by display on’s success. Now don’t take the showcasing of one’s triumph as trying to promote jealousy, think of it as nothing more, nothing less than a competition. Competitions have been found to be quite effective when inducing healthy outcomes. Take a gym per say. How many local member gyms have you been to and seen leaderboards up for specific workouts such as “Zumba class” or “Heaviest Squat Lifter.”