USDA holds 'Apps for Healthy Kids' contest
Monday - 5/3/2010, 4:16pm EDT
Amanda Eamich, director of new media, USDA
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Getting kids to eat better and be more physically active -- there just may be an app for that.
The Agriculture Department is holding a contest -- Apps for Healthy Kids.
It is the latest in government contest following Washington, D.C.'s very successful Apps For Democracy.
The goal of the $60,000 in prizes: To challenge software developers, game designers, students, and other innovators to develop fun and engaging software tools and games that drive children, especially "tweens" (ages 9-12) - directly or through their parents - to eat better and be more physically active.
Amanda Eamich is the director of new media at the Agriculture Department and explains how Apps for Healthy Kids came about.
The Agriculture Department is holding a contest -- Apps for Healthy Kids.
It is the latest in government contest following Washington, D.C.'s very successful Apps For Democracy.
The goal of the $60,000 in prizes: To challenge software developers, game designers, students, and other innovators to develop fun and engaging software tools and games that drive children, especially "tweens" (ages 9-12) - directly or through their parents - to eat better and be more physically active.
Amanda Eamich is the director of new media at the Agriculture Department and explains how Apps for Healthy Kids came about.
