Interactive and Inclusive: Gamified Learning for Healthy Eating in Community Kitchen Entertainment Areas

Abstract

Community kitchens, in addition to being spaces that increase the availability of food, are also important spaces for promoting sociality and health education. By incorporating gamification and fun elements, they can make learning about food and healthy food preparation more interactive and fun. This study investigates how entertainment space within a community kitchen employs gamification to promote social interaction alongside healthy eating habits and disordered eating behavior management. It examines the ways of approaching the use of gamified processes alongside communal engagement, in an effort to make sustainable, healthy practice lifestyle viable.