Abstract
Objective
To evaluate the impact of interactive Nutri-Advice kiosks on children's nutritional skills and their ability to apply it to food choices
in a middle school cafeteria menu (food choice competencies).
Design
Quasi-experimental design; pre/post-test.
Setting
Freestanding interactive computer terminals (kiosks) were installed in three middle
schools in Toulouse, France.
Participants
A total of 580 children were enrolled into the study (mean age, 13 ± 1 years).
Intervention
Each child's physiological profile was stored in a personal barcode card. During 1
school year, once a day, each child could access the kiosk with this card, trying
to find the most balanced meal according to his or her profile and the food available
on the cafeteria menu.
Main Outcome Measures
Children's food choice competency changes and body mass index z-score were evaluated.
Analysis
Significance of change in food choice competencies (postintervention vs baseline)
was examined using paired t test.
Results
Across the study, children chose significantly less cheese and pastry or desserts,
and significantly more starchy food and dairy, and tended to choose fruits and vegetables
more often. Body mass index z-score decreased significantly during the period.
Conclusions and Implications
Personalized nutrition counseling through an interactive device has the potential
to improve the food choice competencies of children.
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: November 05, 2015
Accepted:
September 22,
2015
Footnotes
Conflict of Interest Disclosure: The authors' conflict of interest disclosures can be found online with this article on www.jneb.org.
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