CHILDREN'S MULTIMEDIA NUTRITION SIMULATION SOFTWARE

产品说明：该项目的长期目标是开发、评估和传播多媒体营养软件产品，使9至12岁的儿童能够积极参与营养知识的学习。 用户操作的计算机模拟将被用作工具，以提高年龄适当的营养知识，行为和食物选择技能的应用。 模拟将使用3D动画，音乐和声音效果来描绘火星殖民地。 四个模拟-自助餐厅，运动队，探索和营养不良-设想，我们将进行两个层次的评估，过程中的措施，在产品开发，并在干预的随机试验结果评估。 我们将测量治疗前后的变化：1）关于营养成分食品标签的知识，以及与总脂肪，饱和脂肪，胆固醇和膳食纤维相关的癌症和心脏病风险; 2）将营养成分食品标签应用于行为选择，包括每天吃新鲜水果和蔬菜，减少每日总脂肪，饱和脂肪，胆固醇和膳食纤维的摄入量，和; 3）展示自己和他人的营养计划技能。 一个内置的Web链接，允许用户访问更多的营养信息，下载新食品的营养信息，并与其他用户和专家进行交流。

DESCRIPTION: The long-term goal of this project is to develop, evaluate, and disseminate a multimedia nutrition software product that enables active participation in learning about nutrition for 9 to 12 year-olds. User manipulated computer simulations will be employed as tools to improve age appropriate nutritional knowledge, behavior, and application of food choice skills. The simulations will portray a Martian colony using 3-D animation, music, and sound effects. Four simulations - a cafeteria, sports teams, exploration, and malnourishment - are envisioned, We will conduct two levels of evaluation; process measures during product development, and outcomes assessment in a randomized trial of the intervention. We will measure pre- to post-treatment changes in: 1) knowledge about the Nutrition Facts food label, and the cancer and heart disease risks associated with total fat, saturated fat, cholesterol, and dietary fiber; 2) application of Nutrition Facts food labels to behavioral choices, including eating fresh fruits and vegetables daily, and decrease in daily intake of total fat, saturated fat, cholesterol, and dietary fiber, and; 3) demonstration of skills on nutritional planning for oneself and others. A build-in Web link to allow users to access more nutrition information, download nutritional information on new food products, and communicate with other users and experts.