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Project GAME ON! A Digital Comic Tool to Promote Healthy Behaviors

Sponsor: Tufts University

Summary

This clinical trial aims to evaluate an interactive, culturally relevant digital health promotion comic designed to support healthy dietary and physical activity behaviors among Black/African American and Latino children ages 8 to 12 years. The comic allows children's choices to affect the storyline and health content, with the goal of increasing engagement, empowering children, and improving attitudes, beliefs, and self-efficacy related to healthy behaviors. Caregivers will also receive newsletters reinforcing healthy dietary and physical activity behaviors at home. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1. Does an interactive, customizable "choose-your-own-adventure" style comic lead to greater engagement and acceptability compared to standard digital comic formats? 2. Is greater engagement with the comic associated with improved self-efficacy related to dietary and physical activity behaviors? Researchers will compare three study groups to evaluate differences in engagement, acceptability, and self-efficacy outcomes related to dietary and physical activity behaviors. Participants will: * Use a 6-week digital comic and health promotion website remotely * Complete surveys about engagement, attitudes, beliefs, and self-efficacy related to healthy behaviors * Receive periodic reminders and support messages during the intervention period * For caregivers in the enhanced and non-enhanced comic groups: receive newsletters promoting healthy dietary and physical activity behaviors at home

Official title: Project GAME ON!: Empowering Urban Children to Engage in Healthy Behaviors to Reduce Obesity Risk Through an Interactive Digital Comic Tool

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