Nutrition pursuit: a review game

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Human nutrition is a complex subject with many facts and figures to learn and remember. A game called Nutrition Pursuit was created to help senior dietetics students refresh or review crucial nutritional information. The purpose of this educational game is to test students' knowledge of basic nutrition in a fun and relaxed fashion. Future editions of it can incorporate enhancements and a variety of topics. Game players have been very positive about the activity in their verbal and written evaluations.

Author: Burns, Melanie T.
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, WK Health
Publication Name: Journal of Nutrition Education
Subject: Food/cooking/nutrition
ISSN: 0022-3182
Year: 1999
Usage, Recreation, Nutrition, Nutritionists, Educational games

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Pyramid Explorer: Nutrition Adventures

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Pyramid Explorer: Nutrition Adventures is a useful program aimed at helping students develop their decision making skills and critical thinking for making healthy food choices. The interactive CD-ROM and supplemental manual, produced by the Oregon Dairy Council, features journeys guided by a talking robot and utilizes vivid graphics and dramatic animation. It presents four adventures, namely, Pyramid Mysteries, Cupboard Quest, Hunt for Red Tomato and 3 Square.

Author: Shafer, Kimberly J., Knous, Barbara Lohse
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, WK Health
Publication Name: Journal of Nutrition Education
Subject: Food/cooking/nutrition
ISSN: 0022-3182
Year: 1999
Evaluation, Software, N Pyramid Explorer: Nutrition Adventures (Children's educational software)

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