Veggies4myHeart is an educational game created by nutritionists and researchers at the Polytechnic of Leiria, which aims to promote knowledge about vegetables. Aimed at children of pre-school age, it is a game that aims to inform and motivate the youngest to know these foods.

Through the 5 mini-games we can discover the benefits of cucumber, lettuce, red cabbage, carrots and tomatoes.
Veggies4myHeart was the game used in a project to promote the consumption of vegetables in kindergartens in which there was a significant increase in the consumption and knowledge of the children who used the game.

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CREDITS

VEGGIES4MYHEART

Research Centers of the Polytechnic of Leiria: ciTechCare - Center for Innovative Care and Health Technology; CIIC - Computer Science and Communication Research Center

Principal Investigator: Cátia Pontes (Nutritionist and Researcher at the Polytechnic of Leiria)

Mentoring: Maria Guarino, Marlene Lages, Sara Dias, Eduarda Abrantes, Gustavo Reis, Ricardo Antunes, Nuno Monteiro (Professors and Researchers at the Polytechnic of Leiria)

Game Design, Programming, Content Creation, Art and UI Design: Students from Games and Multimedia, Dietetics and Nutrition, Sound and Image, from the Polytechnic of Leiria

Game Design
Carlos Filipe, Tiago Duarte, Marco Afonso, Vanda Freire

Schedule
Tiago Duarte, Roberto Costa

Art / UI Design
Carlos Filipe, Vanda Freire, Diana Domingues

Content creation
Alexandra Neto, Ana Rita Silva, Caroline Pragosa, Cláudia Pereira, Sara Silva, Mariana Martins

Sound Design
Edgar Canelas, João Pinto, Marco Cunha, Rita Mendes, André Marques, António Pouseiro, Carlos Paiva, Elisabete Moreira, João Amorim, Miguel Garcia, Bruna Curva, Ricardo Sousa

Portuguese Voices
Maria Reis (lettuce), Sofia Reis (carrot), Luísa Marques da Cruz (red cabbage), Pedro Nazário (cucumber, tomato)

French Voices
Matilde Martins de Matos (lettuce, tomato), Dinis Martins de Matos (carrot), Tyler Della Torre (red cabbage, cucumber)

Funding: Challenges in Cardiology 2018, Seed Money for Joint Swiss- Portuguese Academic Projects