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Digital Gaming for Nutritional Education: A Survey on Preferences, Motives, and Needs of Children and Adolescents.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Use of novel information and communication technologies are frequently discussed as promising tools to prevent and treat overweight and obesity in children and adolescents. OBJECTIVE:This survey aims to describe the preferences, motives, and needs of children and adolescents regarding nutrition and digital games. METHODS:We conducted a survey in 6 secondary schools in the southern region of Germany using a 43-item questionnaire. Questions referred to preferences, motives, and needs of children and adolescents regarding nutrition and digital games. In addition, knowledge regarding nutrition was assessed with 4 questions. We collected self-reported sociodemographic and anthropometric data. Descriptive statistical analyses were performed using SPSS. RESULTS:In total, 293 children and adolescents participated in the study, with ages 12-18 years (137 girls, 46.8%), weight 30.0-120.0 (mean 60.2 [SD 13.2]) kg, and height 1.4-2.0 (mean 1.7 [SD 0.1]) m. A total of 5.5% (16/290) correctly answered the 4 questions regarding nutrition knowledge. Study participants acquired digital nutritional information primarily from the internet (166/291, 57.0%) and television (97/291, 33.3%), while school education (161/291, 55.3%) and parents or other adults (209/291, 71.8%) were the most relevant nondigital information sources. Most participants (242/283, 85.5%) reported that they regularly play digital games. More than half (144/236, 61.0%) stated that they play digital games on a daily basis on their smartphones or tablets, and almost 70% (151/282, 66.5%) reported playing digital games for ?30 minutes without any interruption. One-half of respondents (144/280, 51.4%) also stated that they were interested in receiving information about nutrition while playing digital games. CONCLUSIONS:This survey suggests that nutrition knowledge in children and adolescents might be deficient. Most children and adolescents play digital games and express interest in acquiring nutritional information during digital gameplay. A digital game with a focus on sound nutrition could be a potential educational tool for imparting nutrition knowledge and promoting healthier nutrition behaviors in children and adolescents.

SUBMITTER: Holzmann SL

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6391648 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Digital Gaming for Nutritional Education: A Survey on Preferences, Motives, and Needs of Children and Adolescents.

Holzmann Sophie Laura SL Dischl Felicitas F Schäfer Hanna H Groh Georg G Hauner Hans H Holzapfel Christina C

JMIR formative research 20190213 1

<h4>Background</h4>Use of novel information and communication technologies are frequently discussed as promising tools to prevent and treat overweight and obesity in children and adolescents.<h4>Objective</h4>This survey aims to describe the preferences, motives, and needs of children and adolescents regarding nutrition and digital games.<h4>Methods</h4>We conducted a survey in 6 secondary schools in the southern region of Germany using a 43-item questionnaire. Questions referred to preferences, ...[more]

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