Examining the Impact of a Mobile Nutrition Education App for Child Nutrition Education in Canada

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

616 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-10-25

Study Completion Date

2025-07-31

Brief Summary

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This trial will test the hypothesis that a digital curriculum-based nutrition education intervention using the Foodbot Factory serious game (i.e., a game designed for learning) leads to greater student engagement and learning about nutrition, compared to conventional nutrition education (e.g., worksheets), among students in Grades 4 and 5 in Ontario, Canada. This hypothesis is based on existing research suggesting that digital serious games, when well-integrated into the classroom setting, promote greater student engagement, learning and knowledge retention.

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Detailed Description

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This two-arm parallel cluster randomized controlled efficacy trial will determine if a digital curriculum-based nutrition education intervention (intervention group) leads to greater increases in overall nutrition knowledge compared to conventional nutrition education (control group) in Grade 4 and 4/5 classrooms after 1 week, and that it facilitates greater retention at 4 weeks and 3 months following the intervention period. Secondary outcomes include sub-scores of nutrition knowledge (i.e., knowledge of specific food groupings), nutrition attitudes, general child nutrition behaviours and dietary intakes. Due to the enhanced engagement serious games can provide, it is hypothesized that participants in the intervention group will show greater changes in and retention of their nutrition knowledge and nutrition behaviours. Thirty-two Grade 4 and 4/5 classrooms in Ontario, Canada will be randomized to the intervention or control group. Participants in both groups will receive nutrition education lessons for 35-40 minutes a day for five consecutive days. Participants in the intervention group will use the Foodbot Factory serious game while participants in the control group will use conventional learning materials (e.g., worksheets, teacher-led instruction). Both interventions will have these learning materials integrated into standardized nutrition education lesson plans. Overall and sub-scores of nutrition knowledge, and nutrition attitudes will be assessed using the Nutrition Attitudes and Knowledge questionnaire. General child nutrition behaviours (e.g., frequency of eating meals outside the home) will be assessed using a modified version of the Family Nutrition and Physical Activity Screening Tool and dietary intake will be assessed using the Block Food Screener for Ages 2-17. At baseline, parents and classroom teachers will respectively complete demographic questionnaires to measure co-variates that may impact outcomes of interest (e.g., household food security, presence of school food programs).

Conditions

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Nutrition, Healthy

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Experimental (Foodbot Factory) Group

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Serious game nutrition education intervention

Intervention Type OTHER

Classrooms will receive nutrition education lessons for 35-40 minutes for 5 consecutive days. As part of each lesson, students will play the "Foodbot Factory" nutrition education serious game for 10-15 minutes. The Foodbot Factory serious game and lessons are based on Ontario curriculum requirements and aligned Canada's Food Guide.

Control Group

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Conventional nutrition education intervention

Intervention Type OTHER

Classrooms will receive nutrition education lessons for 35-40 minutes for 5 consecutive days. As part of each lesson, students will use conventional learning activities, such as worksheets, sourced from an online teaching resource repository. The lessons are based on Ontario curriculum requirements and aligned Canada's Food Guide.

Interventions

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Serious game nutrition education intervention

Classrooms will receive nutrition education lessons for 35-40 minutes for 5 consecutive days. As part of each lesson, students will play the "Foodbot Factory" nutrition education serious game for 10-15 minutes. The Foodbot Factory serious game and lessons are based on Ontario curriculum requirements and aligned Canada's Food Guide.

Intervention Type OTHER

Conventional nutrition education intervention

Classrooms will receive nutrition education lessons for 35-40 minutes for 5 consecutive days. As part of each lesson, students will use conventional learning activities, such as worksheets, sourced from an online teaching resource repository. The lessons are based on Ontario curriculum requirements and aligned Canada's Food Guide.

Intervention Type OTHER