HealthSeeker: a healthy Facebook game from Diabetes Hands Foundation on Vimeo.
Gamers with diabetes can find 'friends,' support on Facebook’s HealthSeeker
Health care advocates have designed a social networking game on Facebook to help the approximately 27 million Americans and 285 million people worldwide with diabetes.
HealthSeeker, the game, was developed by Diabetes Hands Foundation in collaboration with Joslin Diabetes Center, with support provided by Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Players set "Lifestyle Goals" such as eating healthier, lowering weight, and lowering blood sugar. Players can receive 'experience points' and other awards for their achievements.
HealthSeeker can be accessed free of charge at www.healthseekergame.org. Ayogo Games, Inc designed the game.
Each year, more than 231,000 people in North America and more than 3.96 million people worldwide die from diabetes and its complications – a number which is expected to increase by more than 50 percent over the next decade. Diabetes is a chronic disease that occurs when the body either does not properly produce, or use, the hormone insulin.
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