ArticleNutrients2019
Short-Term Effects of the Serious Game "Fit, Food, Fun" on Nutritional Knowledge: A Pilot Study among Children and Adolescents.
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- Serious games and eating behaviors: A systematic review of the last 5 years (2018-2022).Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Pooled it
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- The Effectiveness of the Foodbot Factory Mobile Serious Game on Increasing Nutrition Knowledge in Children.Nutrients · 2020Trial
- Veggies4myHeart digital game: an educational tool to promote vegetable consumption in preschool children - a multicentre experimental study.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2025Article
- Evaluating the Efficacy of a Serious Game to Deliver Health Education About Invasive Meningococcal Disease: Clustered Randomized Controlled Equivalence Trial.JMIR serious games · 2025Article
- HelperFriend, a Serious Game for Promoting Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors in Children: Design and Pilot Study.JMIR serious games · 2022Article
- Nutrition education strategies to promote vegetable consumption in preschool children: the Veggies4myHeart project.Public health nutrition · 2022Article
- Serious Game for Change in Behavioral Intention Toward Lifestyle-Related Diseases: Experimental Study With Structural Equation Modeling Using the Theory of Planned Behavior.JMIR serious games · 2022Article
- An Exploration of Nutritional Education within the Holiday Activities and Food Programme in England.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- The Content, Quality, and Behavior Change Techniques in Nutrition-Themed Mobile Apps for Children in Canada: App Review and Evaluation Study.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2022Review
- Investigating the Effectiveness of an Educational Escape Game for Increasing Nutrition-Related Knowledge in Young Adolescents: A Pilot Study.Frontiers in nutrition · 2021Article
- Nutritional Education and Promotion of Healthy Eating Behaviors Among Mexican Children Through Video Games: Design and Pilot Test of FoodRateMaster.JMIR serious games · 2020Article
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Abstract
"Serious games" are a novel and entertaining approach for nutritional education. The aim of this pilot study was to evaluate the short-term effectiveness of "Fit, Food, Fun" (FFF), a serious game to impart nutritional knowledge among children and adolescents. Data collection was conducted at two secondary schools in Bavaria, Germany. The gameplay intervention (gameplay group; GG) consisted of a 15-minute FFF gameplay session during each of three consecutive days. The teaching intervention (teaching group; TG) was performed in a classic lecture format. Nutritional knowledge was evaluated via questionnaires at baseline and post-intervention. Statistical analyses were performed using R (R Core Team, 2018). In total, baseline data were available for 39 participants in the GG and 44 participants in the TG. The mean age was 13.5 ± 0.7 years in the GG and 12.8 ± 0.9 years in the TG. There was a significant (
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