Print Email Facebook Twitter Get up and move: An interactive cuddly toy that stimulates physical activity Title Get up and move: An interactive cuddly toy that stimulates physical activity Author Leal Penados, A. Gielen, M.A. Stappers, P.J. Jongert, T. Faculty Industrial Design Engineering Department Industrial Design Date 2009-12-17 Abstract Health experts are worried about the increase in the number of overweight children and the decrease in activity levels among this age group. This project explores the possibilities of using interactive toys and social interaction in encouraging children to become more physically active. To arrive at the final concept, research was conducted into the factors that encourage and discourage physically active play in children. Based on that knowledge, four key elements were used to develop the product: fantasy, social interaction, surmounting physical and cultural barriers and inspirational factors. The project resulted in a cuddly toy that stimulates young children aged 4–8 to care for it through their own physical actions. First limited tests indicated that children appreciated and understood the toys’ key elements, and suggest that it could be possible to use interactive toys and social interaction to change behaviour with regard to physical activity. Subject interactive toyphysical activitysedentary behavioursocial interactionfantasyobesityhealth care To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:80755842-1729-428e-9737-fe63083c8927 DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s00779-009-0270-3 Publisher Springer ISSN 1617-4917 Source Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, 14 (5), 2010 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights (c) 2009 The Author(s). This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com Files PDF penados.pdf 840.77 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:80755842-1729-428e-9737-fe63083c8927/datastream/OBJ/view