Outcomes of a Game-based Educational Intervention: Healthy Kids

Marmara University

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Physical Activity; Child Health; Obesity and Overweight

Treatments: Behavioral: Healthy Kids Programme

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06954545

MU-FM-LA-01

Details and patient eligibility

About

235 / 5.000 Investigators aimed to reduce the risk of obesity by trying a new intervention method that is role-play based, interactive and fun with age-appropriate play materials, considering that learning through play is more efficient.

Full description

It was aimed to reduce the risk of obesity by trying a new intervention method based on role-play, interactive and fun with age-appropriate game materials, considering that learning through play is more efficient.

Two schools were determined as control and intervention groups. An 8-week interactive-game-based intervention program will be applied to children in the intervention group who are at risk for obesity. The program was shaped by a physician-dietician-psychologist and a professional theater actor.

Family Nutrition and Physical Activity (FNPA) score, Food index (FI) score and BMI will be grouped for each child and a risk score will be calculated based on the total score they receive. It will be checked whether there is a decrease in this score after the training.

Enrollment: 400 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 6 to 8 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All participants who do not meet the criteria of whether or not they agree to participate in the study will be included in the study.

Exclusion criteria

• neurodevelopmental delays
• metabolic disorders potentially leading to obesity
• physical disabilities
• those whose parents or guardians declined participation.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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400 participants in 2 patient groups

control group

No Intervention group

Description:

A training was conducted only once, which did not include play and role play and provided information

Intervention group

Experimental group

Description:

Two schools were determined as control and intervention groups. An 8-week interactive-game-based intervention program will be applied to children in the intervention group who are at risk for obesity. The program was shaped by a physician-dietician-psychologist and a professional theater actor physician.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Healthy Kids Programme