ABOUT BOOK

Complementary feeding is crucial to promote healthy nutrition in ~infant and young children (IYC) and prevent malnutrition. Mothers, ~families, and healthcare professionals (HCPs) are crucial in helping ~IYC develop healthy eating habits. However, limited access to ~adequate nutritional information and health services impacts children’s ~nutrition, especially in low-resource settings. Technology ~opens up opportunities to address these challenges and potentially ~improve IYC feeding practices. Taking a co-design approach, we ~conducted low-fidelity prototyping workshops with caregivers and ~HCPs to explore the potential of tangible interfaces to facilitate ~play and promote healthy nutrition for IYC in two low-resource ~healthcare settings in Peru. Participants envisioned diverse tangible ~objects and interactions that could augment the waiting spaces of ~the healthcare centres, encouraging play and enhancing children’s ~and caregivers’ experiences, while promoting healthy nutrition and ~dietary diversity.We outline design opportunities to facilitate tangible ~play, shared playful experiences, and promote healthy nutrition ~in low-resource healthcare settings.