Gamification Use and Design in Popular Health and Fitness Mobile Applications.

Published in: American journal of health promotion : AJHP (2018)

Gamification was commonly used by popular health and fitness mobile applications, but none used the specified behavioral economic principles to design rewards or points. Mobile applications could potentially improve their use if their design better leveraged principles from behavioral economics.

Keyphrases

public health
healthcare
physical activity
body composition
mental health
risk assessment
life cycle