playnormous in RESEARCH

Baylor College of Medicine

Children's Nutrition Research Center
The Children's Nutrition Research Center has been, and continues to be, a world leader in nutrition research. It is the best-equipped facility of its kind in the nation. Over ten years of work with this institution has given us the tools to create Playnormous from the ground up.

United States Department of Agriculture

Agricultural Research Center
Four Playnormous games were "re-skinned" to create ten new casual games for the USDA/ARS project "Squire's Quest! 2." Using this method enabled the research team to work within a tight budget but still get custom games to fit their exact needs.

The University of Texas Health Science Center

School of Health Information Sciences
The Games for Wellness Project was behind the creation of Food Fury, a Playnormous online games targeted to 3rd - 5th graders to teach and change behavior around food choice and portion control.

The University of South Florida

Active Gaming Research Labs
The USF Active Gaming Research Lab was created with the specific goal of conducting research and investigating the potential of exergaming and health games as a method of increasing children's fitness levels and decreasing childhood obesity.

    • Colorful classroom posters now available in the Monster Gear Store!

    • Playnormous is recognized as a quality health information website for children and parents.

    • Playnormous health games on CD-ROM

    • FREE teacher guides available, complete with student assessments and classroom activities.

    • Connect with your inner cook and explore our wide variety of fun, healthy, kid-friendly recipes.

    • "I am a researcher at the University of South Florida working on an innovative project involving ExerLearning and Playnormous nutrition games. We are beginning a research project with all 3-5th grade students at Patel Elementary School."
    • - Dr. Lisa Hansen, University of South Florida
    • "During a small pilot study of 32 third to sixth graders, children were asked if they would play the Food Fury game outside of class--all answered yes."
    • - Dr. Cynthia Phelps, UT Health Science Center
    • "81% of parents saw an increase in their child's knowledge of nutrition, and 71.4% saw their child making better nutrition choices at home."
    • - Ms. McKim, First Grade Teacher