Energy Balance is a fast paced matching game where the player picks the most appropriate activity to burn the calories associated with a particular food.  It teaches kids to balance the calories they get from food with appropriate activities. Energy Balance allows players to compare scores and unlock achievements for speed and persistence. Energy Balance was developed in conjunction with Duke University Medical Center researchers and physicians.

“Childhood obesity is arguably one of our most pressing public health challenges,” says Dr. Bernard Fuemmeler, a pediatric obesity researcher at Duke.  “Children need to be equipped with the tools to help them navigate through the energy-rich environment in which they live and teaching children about health needs to be a fun and engaging enterprise. That’s why we are excited to be working with the excellent software engineers and game designers from Little Green Software. We hope that games like these can play a role in combating the obesity epidemic.”

Little Green Software partner Robert Taylor says: “Unfortunately, most people don’t really think about the calories associated with the foods they eat throughout the day. The goal of Energy Balance is to build relationships between foods and their associated calories in the minds of players. For example: if I eat a hamburger for lunch, then I really should go for a bike ride today instead of watching TV to burn those calories. As players begin to remember the relationship between calories and activities, their scores improve in the game. I know I’ve learned a lot from play testing the game.”

Energy Balance is provided free of charge by Little Green Software. This game allows players to jump in and start building healthy relationships between foods and activities as they try to best their previous high score and unlock achievements.

Tally-O searches for nearby destinations from the app’s 1,000+ unique, personalized travel guides and scavenger hunts. Players win points for visiting and interacting with destinations, and for creating their own adventures. Tally-O is the only app on the App Store that allows players to publish adventures to Facebook for their friends.

The app is an ideal travel guide, far superior to a typical guidebook. Recommendations are unique, reflecting the personalities of Tally-O players and their friends. In addition to travel guides, the app is perfect for interactive adventures like scavenger hunts, pub crawls, adventure racing, geocaching, and family outings.

Each adventure features multiple destinations with a location and description, a photo gallery, trivia questions and answers, and integrated Google maps with Show My Location. Built-in GPS detects the player’s arrival at the destination, and an optional Homing Sensor on the 3G and 3GS provides an extra challenge on the scavenger hunts.

New features in Tally-O 1.1 include: Google maps, Facebook status updates, 3GS compass support, and auto-save. Adventures from partner site iwannagothere.com are now synced daily, ensuring there is always something new to explore. The new companion Facebook app allows Tally-O players an alternative platform for viewing and creating adventures.

More information on the application is at www.Tally-O.com and on the App Store.

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