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A web-based gamification program to improve nutrition literacy in families of 3- to 5-year-old children: the Nutriscience Project
- Source :
- Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal, Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP), instacron:RCAAP
- Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- Objective: Assess the impact of a web-based gamification program on nutrition literacy of families and explore differences in impact by socioeconomic status. Design: Quasi-experimental. Setting: Thirty-seven kindergartens from Portugal. Participants: Eight hundred seventy-seven families. Intervention: Web-based social network of participants' interactions, educational materials, apps and nutritional challenges, focused on fruit, vegetables, sugar, and salt. Main Outcome Measures: Parental nutrition literacy (self-reported survey − 4 dimensions: Nutrients, Food portions, Portuguese food wheel groups, Food labeling). Analysis: General linear model − Repeated measures was used to analyze the effect on the nutrition literacy score. Results: Families uploaded 1267 items (recipes, photographs of challenges) and educators uploaded 327 items (photographs, videos) onto the interactive platform. For the intervention group (n = 106), the final mean (SD) score of nutrition literacy was significantly higher than the baseline: 78.8% (15.6) vs 72.7% (16.2); P
- Subjects :
- 030309 nutrition & dietetics
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Medicine (miscellaneous)
030209 endocrinology & metabolism
Child Nutrition Sciences
Health Promotion
Literacy
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Intervention (counseling)
Web application
Humans
Implementation
Socioeconomic status
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0303 health sciences
Medical education
Internet
Nutrition and Dietetics
Social network
business.industry
Health sciences, Medical and Health sciences
Ciências médicas e da saúde
Repeated measures design
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Health Literacy
Video Games
Child, Preschool
language
Medical and Health sciences
Ciências da Saúde, Ciências médicas e da saúde
Portuguese
business
Psychology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal, Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP), instacron:RCAAP
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....f045ba7e0264932ecb517084c5b4458f