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- Title
d. Health machine.
- Authors
Marcus, Aaron
- Abstract
The article discusses the design of a mobile phone application (app) called Health Machine from Aaron Marcus and Associates Inc. (AM+A) for healthier lifestyle. It says that Health Machine aims to combine information design and visualization techniques with persuasion design to persuade people in reducing obesity and type 2 diabetes through healthy eating and exercise. Moreover, design principles, Health Machine prototype, and information architecture of Health Machine are discussed.
- Subjects
MOBILE apps; AARON Marcus &; Associates Inc.; INFORMATION design; PERSUASION (Psychology); PREVENTION of obesity; TYPE 2 diabetes prevention; FOOD habits; INFORMATION architecture
- Publication
Information Design Journal (IDJ), 2011, Vol 19, Issue 1, p69
- ISSN
0142-5471
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1075/idj.19.1.09mar