EducaTableware: Sound Emitting Tableware for Encouraging Dietary Education

Abstract

Abstract:We propose "EducaTableware (Educate/Tableware)," a design for interactive tableware devices that makes eating more playful and improves daily eating habits through auditory feedback to encourage specific mealtime behaviors. We have developed a fork-type device for use when eating. This device emits sounds when a user is consuming a food item. In this paper, we discuss the EducaTableware concept, describe the implementation of the fork-type device, and conduct a user test with child subjects for one week.

Gamification for health and wellbeing: A systematic review of the literature

“…The majority of papers ( n = 7) explored mobile devices or websites as the delivery platform ( n = 6). Positive effects were also found outside the digital domain including a gamified physical display in the classroom ( Jones et al, 2014b , Jones et al, 2014a ) and a sensor-equipped fork designed to influence children's eating habits ( Kadomura et al, 2014 ). This is in line with the identified promises of everyday life fit and broad accessibility of gamification through mobile and ubiquitous sensor technology.…”

“…Social Interaction was also commonly employed as a means to engage users and was found to increase user experiences of fun and motivation in the context of moderating alcohol consumption ( Boendermaker et al, 2015 ), to have a positive influence on physical activity (Juho Hamari and Koivisto, 2015 , Maher et al, 2015 , Spillers and Asimakopoulos, 2014 ) and flourishing mental health ( Hall et al, 2013 ). Less commonly employed gamed design elements across studies included levels ( Cafazzo et al, 2012 ; Juho Hamari and Koivisto, 2015 , Kuramoto et al, 2013 , Ludden et al, 2014 ), progress ( Ahtinen et al, 2013 , Ludden et al, 2014 , Spillers and Asimakopoulos, 2014 ), story/theme ( Boendermaker et al, 2015 , Jones et al, 2014b , Jones et al, 2014a ), challenges ( Ludden et al, 2014 , Spillers and Asimakopoulos, 2014 ) and feedback ( Kadomura et al, 2014 ).…”

“…While some studies focussed on younger participants (ranging from Kindergarten age ( Jones et al, 2014b , Kadomura et al, 2014 ) to adolescents ( Cafazzo et al, 2012 ), the majority of studies were conducted with adults. Regardless, positive outcomes have been found for children ( Jones et al, 2014a , Kadomura et al, 2014 ), adolescents ( Cafazzo et al, 2012 ) and young adults ( Kuramoto et al, 2013 , Zuckerman and Gal-Oz, 2014 ).A small number of studies focussed on specific audiences, such primary school teachers ( Ludden et al, 2014 ), participants with specific health issues like chronic back pain Riva et al, 2014 , rheumatoid arthritis ( Allam et al, 2015 ), or high levels of trait anxiety ( Dennis and O'Toole, 2014 ). It is not immediately clear from the reviewed studies what relationship exists between existing gaming affinity or expertise and the effectiveness of gamification as previous experience with digital games is not commonly reported.…”

“…Parent surveys revealed that children were more willing to try new fruit and vegetable at home and increased their fruit and vegetable consumption following the intervention. 13.5 Kadomura et al (2014) Pre-survey, 7 day user test with intervention, post survey. Post intervention interviews.…”

Gravitamine spice

“…Various innovative entertainment systems control the sound and visual information when one is eating. Komura et al proposed "EducaTableware", a design for interactive tableware devices to enhance the enjoyment of eating and to improve one's eating behaviour through auditory feedback, by encouraging specific mealtime behaviour [14]. Mori at el.…”