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Trial reportNutrients2020

The Effectiveness of the Foodbot Factory Mobile Serious Game on Increasing Nutrition Knowledge in Children.

Hannah M Froome, Carly Townson, Sheila Rhodes, Beatriz Franco-Arellano, Ann LeSage, Rob Savaglio, Jacqueline Marie Brown, Janette Hughes, Bill Kapralos, JoAnne Arcand

Registry-linked trialOpen access · goldAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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In one paragraph

Trial report in Nutrients, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05979259 (Efficacy of a Digital School-Based Nutrition Education Intervention to Improve Children's Healthy Eating Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviours), which is not on this map. Cited by 19 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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19citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
5.4field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT05979259 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2023, after this paper: background citation

Efficacy of a Digital School-Based Nutrition Education Intervention to Improve Children's Healthy Eating Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviours

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of Ontario Institute of TechnologyRan2023 to 2025Enrolled616ConditionsNutrition, HealthyArmsSerious game nutrition education intervention, Conventional nutrition education intervention
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 47 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Hannah M FroomeFaculty of Health Sciences, Ontario Tech University, 2000 Simcoe Street North, Oshawa, ON L1G 0C5, Canada.
Carly TownsonFaculty of Health Sciences, Ontario Tech University, 2000 Simcoe Street North, Oshawa, ON L1G 0C5, Canada.
Sheila RhodesFaculty of Education, Ontario Tech University, 2000 Simcoe Street North, Oshawa, ON L1G 0C5, Canada.
Beatriz Franco-ArellanoFaculty of Health Sciences, Ontario Tech University, 2000 Simcoe Street North, Oshawa, ON L1G 0C5, Canada.
Ann LeSageFaculty of Education, Ontario Tech University, 2000 Simcoe Street North, Oshawa, ON L1G 0C5, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-5607-4370
Rob SavaglioFaculty of Business and Information Technology, Ontario Tech University, 2000 Simcoe Street North, Oshawa, ON L1G 0C5, Canada.
Jacqueline Marie BrownFaculty of Health Sciences, Ontario Tech University, 2000 Simcoe Street North, Oshawa, ON L1G 0C5, Canada.
Janette HughesFaculty of Education, Ontario Tech University, 2000 Simcoe Street North, Oshawa, ON L1G 0C5, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-3463-8382
Bill KapralosFaculty of Business and Information Technology, Ontario Tech University, 2000 Simcoe Street North, Oshawa, ON L1G 0C5, Canada.
JoAnne ArcandFaculty of Health Sciences, Ontario Tech University, 2000 Simcoe Street North, Oshawa, ON L1G 0C5, Canada.
Ontario Tech University · CA

Funding

Ontario Research Fund Research Excellence Grant ORF-RE 08-092
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The interactive and engaging nature of serious games (i.e., video games designed for educational purposes) enables deeper learning and facilitates behavior change; however, most do not specifically support the dissemination of national dietary guidelines, and there are limited data on their impact on child nutrition knowledge. The Foodbot Factory serious game mobile application was developed to support school children in learning about Canada's Food Guide; however, its impacts on nutrition knowledge have not been evaluated. The objective of this study was to determine if Foodbot Factory effectively improves children's knowledge of Canada's Food Guide, compared to a control group (control app). This study was a single-blinded, parallel, randomized controlled pilot study conducted among children ages 8-10 years attending Ontario Tech University day camps. Compared to the control group (

Indexed as

Child Nutritional Physiological PhenomenaComputers, HandheldHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeVideo GamesChildFemaleHumansMaleSurveys and QuestionnairesCanadian childrendigital interventionshealthy eatingnutrition educationnutrition knowledgeserious games

Identifiers

PMID33172094
PMCPMC7694779
OpenAlexW3096913548

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Registered trials

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