Clinical Trial: Examining the Impact of a Mobile Nutrition Education App for Child Nutrition Education in Canada
Study Status: COMPLETED
Recruit Status: COMPLETED
Condition: Nutrition, Healthy
Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
Official Title: Efficacy of a Digital School-Based Nutrition Education Intervention to Improve Children's Healthy Eating Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviours
Brief Summary:
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…
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