2015
DOI: 10.1016/j.jand.2015.02.022
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Effects of the Quest to Lava Mountain Computer Game on Dietary and Physical Activity Behaviors of Elementary School Children: A Pilot Group-Randomized Controlled Trial

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“…Participants were recruited from school settings [ 8 13 , 15 18 ], with the exception of one study that recruited boy scout troops [ 14 ]. Participant age ranged from nine to seventeen.…”
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“…Participants were recruited from school settings [ 8 13 , 15 18 ], with the exception of one study that recruited boy scout troops [ 14 ]. Participant age ranged from nine to seventeen.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Participant age ranged from nine to seventeen. Four studies focused on twelve- to fourteen-year-olds [ 8 9 , 11 , 17 ], four included older participants (fifteen- to seventeen-year-olds) [ 10 , 12 13 , 18 ], and three encompassed younger ones [ 13 14 , 16 ]. All studies included participants from developed countries, but five interventions targeted specific populations such as low-income groups, ethnic minorities, or minority females or males [ 11 14 , 18 ].…”
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“…ASPIRE is an online tobacco prevention and cessation curriculum, developed jointly by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and UTHealth, with demonstrated efficacy in preventing smoking onset in high school youth [36]. The Quest to Lava Mountain, developed as part of the Texas Department of Agriculture NutriGram program by The Cooper Institute, is an educational game designed to raise awareness about healthy eating and physical activity [37]. …”
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“…Specific learning approaches to improve students’ nutrition knowledge or dietary behaviors are separately explored and recommended in the literature, such as integrating nutrition topics with other school subjects [ 6 ], food preparation and cooking activities [ 21 , 22 ], school gardens [ 9 , 23 ], and game-based innovations [ 24 , 25 ]. Carraway-Stage and colleagues also suggest that in order to increase students’ exposure to nutrition-related information in schools it is necessary to integrate nutrition topics within other subjects (such as science) [ 6 ].…”
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