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

NCT05979259 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 616

Last updated 2025-08-06

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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 engagement, learning and knowledge retention.

Conditions

  • Nutrition, Healthy

Interventions

OTHER

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.

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.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • University of Ontario Institute of Technology

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • JoAnne Arcand, PhD, RD · University of Ontario Institute of Technology

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-10-25
Primary Completion
2025-03-28
Completion
2025-07-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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