Overweight and obesity are a global epidemic, with over one billion overweight adults worldwide (300+ million of whom are obese). Obesity is linked to several serious health probl...
Sunny Consolvo, Katherine Everitt, Ian E. Smith, J...
Goal-setting has been shown to be an effective strategy for changing behavior; therefore employing goal-setting in persuasive technologies could be an effective way to encourage b...
Sunny Consolvo, Predrag V. Klasnja, David W. McDon...
The primary challenge for information terminals, kiosks, and incidental use systems of all sorts, is that of getting the “first click” from busy passersby. This paper presents ...
In this paper, we propose design strategies for persuasive technologies that help people who want to change their everyday behaviors. Our strategies use theory and prior work to s...
Sunny Consolvo, David W. McDonald, James A. Landay
Much computer-based learning is largely passive, based primarily on task-based, exercise-driven interactions. We argue that computers have greater potential for promoting more act...