Edutainment: Great new research results: Zamzee boosts activity...

HopeLab developed Zamzee, an activity meter and motivational website, as a way to get kids moving more. Kids provided feedback at every stage of Zamzee product development, including HopeLab’s Ruckus Nation and Ruckus Research projects, and research shows that Zamzee increased physical activity in kids by 59% on average over a six-month study period.
Zamzee is now available at Zamzee.com

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