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Research Brief| Volume 48, ISSUE 5, P326-330.e1, May 2016

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Meal-Specific Dietary Changes From Squires Quest! II: A Serious Video Game Intervention

  • Karen W. Cullen
    Correspondence
    Address for correspondence: Karen W. Cullen, DrPH, RD, USDA/ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, 1100 Bates St, Houston, TX 77030; Phone: (713) 798-6764; Fax: (713) 798-9068
    Affiliations
    US Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Center, Children's Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
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  • Yan Liu
    Affiliations
    US Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Center, Children's Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
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  • Debbe I. Thompson
    Affiliations
    US Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Center, Children's Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
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      Abstract

      Objective

      Squire's Quest! II: Saving the Kingdom of Fivealot, an online video game, promotes fruit and vegetable (FV) consumption. An evaluation study varied the type of implementation intentions used during the goal-setting process (none, action, coping, or both action and coping plans). Participants who created action plans reported higher FV consumption 6 months after baseline. This study assessed changes by specific meal in that study.

      Methods

      A total of 400 fourth- and fifth-grade children completed 3 24-hour recalls at baseline and 6 months later. These were averaged to obtain FV intake. Analyses used repeated-measures ANCOVA.

      Results

      There was a significant group by time effect for vegetables at 6 months (P = .01); Action (P = .01) and coping (P = .04) group participants reported higher vegetable intake at dinner. There were significant increases in fruit intake at breakfast (P = .009), lunch (P = .01), and snack (P < .001).

      Conclusions and Implications

      Setting meal-specific goals and action or coping plans may enable children to overcome barriers and consume FV.

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