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S130 Poster Abstracts Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior � Volume 42, Number 4S, 2010
Conclusions and Implications: Participants learnedhow to include a variety of healthy foods in their dailydiet, and appropriate serving sizes. They learned that thelevel of physical activity for a food plan is based on age,sex, and physical activity. Low-literate adults found thetool easy to use and planned to use it to promote more con-versations with other family members about eatinga healthy diet and getting more exercise.
P111 Titanium Chef: Online Gaming forStudents in Grades 6, 7, and 8Kenton Delisle, MHSc, [email protected]; Sydney Massey, MPH,RD, [email protected]; Rola Zahr, RD, [email protected];Lynne Sawchuk, MPE, RD, [email protected], BC DairyFoundation, 3236 Beta Avenue, Burnaby, BC, V5G 4K4,Canada
Objective: To develop an online resource to help BritishColumbia students in grades 6 to 8 learn how to makehealthy food choices.Use of Theory or Research: In-depth interviews wereconducted with students aged 9 to 13 years to explore in-terests, behaviors, and recreational activities to determinehow best to reach them. A behavior change model (Short-ridge, 1985) was the basis for the underlying story line inTitanium Chef.Target Audience: Grades 6 to 8 students, both in theclassroom and at home.Description: Titanium Chef is a moderately deep role-playing game designed to engage students in buildingskills to make healthy food choices and meet their recom-mendations from Canada’s Food Guide. Through explor-ing, practicing, and self-evaluation, while immersed inthe adventures of a ChefBot trying to become the TitaniumChef, students learn to classify foods within the 4 foodgroups, determine serving sizes, assess their own intake(and intake of others), and problem solve to be able tomake healthy food choices. The game is available in Frenchand English (http://www.titaniumchef.ca).Evaluation: Students and teachers were involved in a for-mative evaluation process during the game development,including in-class and online testing and feedback.Conclusions and Implications: A highly immersive nu-trition education program was developed for free access on-line. Though the game is available worldwide, BritishColumbia is the primary user. Anecdotally, parents andteachers are observing behavior outcomes associated withimproved food choices as a result of the game play. TitaniumChef was entirely funded by the BC Dairy Foundation.
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P112 Better Together BC: A Website to HelpFamilies Get Started on Eating TogetherRola Zahr, RD, [email protected]; Lynne Sawchuk, MPE, RD,[email protected]; Sydney Massey, MPH, RD, [email protected]; Kenton Delisle, MHSc, RD, [email protected], BCDairy Foundation, 3236 Beta Avenue, Burnaby, BC V5G4K4, Canada
Objective: To develop tools to support eating togetheramong intergenerational families with children aged 5 to15 years.Use of Theory or Research: Morphological research,a methodology and theory designed to explore the under-lying motivations for everyday behavior. Based on mor-phological psychology, a modern psychological theory.Target Audience: Families, children, educators, andhealth professionals.Description: In-depth interviews with parents andgrandparents were conducted by a trained interviewer tounderstand and explain family meal behavior in BritishColumbia. Seventeen meal modes (ways of eating) wereidentified. These modes uncovered an important link be-tween families recreating in the kitchen and their likeli-hood of eating together. Recreating involves having funwith food (recreation) but also involves preparing meals to-gether (recreating). Follow-up focus groups were con-ducted with families who were more oriented toward theroutine of meals vs those who were not to learn how toget families started on eating together. According to thesefindings, a Web site was developed featuring tools to sup-port these modes: recipes children can make, a cookbookcreator tool, tools and background information for healthprofessionals, and a place to share recipes and stories(http://www.bettertogetherbc.ca).Evaluation: A formative evaluation process was usedthroughout, involving parents, health professionals, andcommunity leaders.Conclusions and Implications: This research showsthe importance of reconnecting food and fun and turningto children as the custodians of the family meal. The pro-ject title is based on the premise that urging families to‘‘eat together’’ engenders guilt, whereas focusing on thefamily benefit—better together—is more conducive to tak-ing the first step. The Web site provides tools to help fam-ilies take that first step. This project was supported bya grant from the BC Ministry of Healthy Living and Sport.
P113 Master Food Volunteer: The UltimateFood ExperienceLatoyia Jones, CFCS, [email protected], VirginiaCooperative Extension–Stafford County, PO Box 339,Stafford, VA 22555-0339; Beverly Samuel, MS, [email protected], Virginia Cooperative Extension–Loudoun Office, 30Catoctin Circle Southeast, Suite B, Leesburg, VA 20175-3614; Jillian Davis, RD, [email protected], VirginiaCooperative Extension–Fairfax Office, 12011Government Center Parkway, Suite 1050, Fairfax, VA22035; Kimberly Elkins, BS, [email protected], VirginiaCooperative Extension–Spotsylvania Office, 8800Courthouse Road, PO Box 95, Spotsylvania, VA 22553;Jill Garth, BA, [email protected], Virginia CooperativeExtension–Orange County Office, PO Box 30, Orange, VA22960; Tracy Nedza, MS, [email protected], VirginiaCooperative Extension–Louisa County Office, 1 WoolfolkAvenue, PO Box 399, Louisa, VA 23093; Nancy Stegon, RD,[email protected], Virginia Cooperative Extension–Prince