NCT05173311

Pilot Study: The Effectiveness of a Mobile Application in Increasing Vegetable Acceptance

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 326 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Helsinki · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 3 Years – 6 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of the Mole's Veggie Adventures mobile application in increasing fruit and vegetable acceptance among 3-6-year-olds.

Detailed description

After the parents of the participating children had signed an informed consent and filled in the baseline questionnaires, the participating early childhood education and care (ECEC) centers (in Finland) or groups within the ECEC centers (in Poland) were randomly allocated into intervention and control arms. Researchers visited the intervention arm groups and introduced the application to the ECEC professionals. The ECEC professionals were instructed to use the application with a tablet computer at least one to two times a week during the intervention period (3-4 weeks) and to record the number of tasks completed by their group in a logbook. In addition, the research team recommended that each group focuses on at least six vegetables or fruits during the intervention period. The control arm groups were instructed to continue their normal routines during the intervention period and to refrain from introducing any novel food education methods during the intervention period.

Conditions

• Healthy Nutrition
• Eating Behavior

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Intervention arm	The intervention arm groups were instructed to use the Mole's Veggie Adventures mobile application for 3-4 weeks.

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-09-01
• Primary completion: 2019-11-30
• Completion: 2019-11-30
• First posted: 2021-12-29
• Last updated: 2021-12-29

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Finland