App Profile: Help Shrink Belly Fat

Some obese people with large amounts of belly fat are at risk of developing type 2 diabetes due to insulin resistance. In this game, we invite you to move the insulin towards the cell receptors so that they glucose transporters are activated. Let's see if you can do it!

This application has been created within the Xplore Health educational project. Xplore Health is a European educational programme, coordinated by IrsiCaixa and “la Caixa” Foundation with participative multimedia and hands-on resources, aiming to decrease the gap between health research and education. The programme promotes Inquiry Based Science Education (IBSE) and the interaction of students with different social actors for them to become active citizens in the knowledge society. It is run through the internet, schools, research centres and science museums.