Helping children with Intellectual Disability to understand healthy eating habits with an IPad based serious game

The Project described by means of this article consists on the design and implementation of an application within the field of the serious games. A game aimed at instilling healthy eating habits to children/adolescents with ID. For the accomplishment of this project some multi-touch platforms (IPad) were used, given the good reception by people with ID towards the use of new technologies. The application is based on a set of games with different functionalities and aims, which include a piece of advices for the eating process. Furthermore, a pet has been designed with the aim of making the application more attractive in the interest of motivation. The results obtained after the tests carried out with real users were positive and encouraging. The users felt confortable when using the application and some improvements were applied base don the feedback provided by professional instructors and by the children themselves.