WHAT IS GLUCOPLAY
Glucoplay is a game-based mobile application with signaling function that helps the children to better understand their condition due to diabetes. The game educates them to take responsibility for themselves and their health, and moreover to perform certain actions for supporting their condition in a safe state in order to live a full life without social restrictions.
WHY GAME
Games and digital games make it easier for the kids with diabetes to learn and practice the way they control their sugar level in their everyday life
THOUGHT BEHIND
Why it is important and what problem it solves
- Kids tend to forget to control their sugar
- Kids have to learn to adopt to different circumstances
- Kids identify themselves with the game’s main hero
- Enjoying playing helps producing serotonin and endorphin which are crucial in any healing process
50% OF THE CASES
WORLDWIDE
ARE UNDIAGNOSED
6% OF POPULATION ARE AT INCREASED RISK OF DEVELOPING DIABETES
HIGH PERCENTAGE OF POPULATION AFFECTED BY DIABETES
- Every 6 seconds a person dies from diabetes
- An additional 2.2 million from higher than normal blood glucose levels
- 12% of global health expenditure is spent on diabetes (USD$760 billion)
- One in seven births is affected by gestational diabetes