Playing games to improve adolescents' dietary behaviour in Ethiopian high schools.

Co-creation and testing of a serious board game with adolescents based on the Ethiopia Food Based Dietary Guidelines—A school-based cRCT study in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

PACTR

Registry ID

PACTR202602774206531

Enrollment

600

Registered

2026-02-16

Start date

2026-02-11

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-09-14

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Conditions

Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine

Interventions

Playing Serious Game

Usual Service

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Adolescents attending the designated schools within the study area Adolescents who meet the age requirements Adolescents who express interest in participating, and Adolescents who obtain consent from parents or caregivers

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Exam sitting class adolescents Adolescents having medical issues that might impede their involvement in the research, whether short-term or long-term

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Diet quality, will be measured by Food group Diversity Score (FGDS) using the food groups as defined in the Minimum Dietary Diversity for Women (MDD-W). Diet data will be collected using the Diet Quality-Questionnaire (DQ-Q), a standardized rapid dietary assessment tool that records consumption of 29 food groups over the previous 24 hours using simple yes/no questions. From this data, we will derive the FGDS, the MDDW, the All 5, and the Global Dietary Recommendation (GDR) total, healthy and unhealthy scores, which together assess how well adolescents' diet aligns with inter/national dietary guidelines related to noncommunicable disease (NCD) prevention.	—

Measure

Time frame

Diet quality, will be measured by Food group Diversity Score (FGDS) using the food groups as defined in the Minimum Dietary Diversity for Women (MDD-W). Diet data will be collected using the Diet Quality-Questionnaire (DQ-Q), a standardized rapid dietary assessment tool that records consumption of 29 food groups over the previous 24 hours using simple yes/no questions. From this data, we will derive the FGDS, the MDDW, the All 5, and the Global Dietary Recommendation (GDR) total, healthy and unhealthy scores, which together assess how well adolescents' diet aligns with inter/national dietary guidelines related to noncommunicable disease (NCD) prevention.

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Knowledge of healthy diets will be measured using the COM-B model, a popular framework for examining the capabilities - individuals' psychological and physical capacity to engage in the behavior, opportunities - all external variables, including physical and social ones, that enable or prompt behavior, and motivations - all the brain processes that energies and directs behavior, not just goals and conscious decision-making. The COM-B domains are based on the guidelines' major themes, which include food groups, recommended dietary diversity, serving size/portion, foods to limit, and physical activity.	—

Measure

Time frame

Knowledge of healthy diets will be measured using the COM-B model, a popular framework for examining the capabilities - individuals' psychological and physical capacity to engage in the behavior, opportunities - all external variables, including physical and social ones, that enable or prompt behavior, and motivations - all the brain processes that energies and directs behavior, not just goals and conscious decision-making. The COM-B domains are based on the guidelines' major themes, which include food groups, recommended dietary diversity, serving size/portion, foods to limit, and physical activity.

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Countries

Ethiopia

Contacts

Public ContactMestawet Gebremeskel

PhD Candidate

mestawet.gebremeskel@wur.nl+251910461234

Outcome results

None listed

Source: PACTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Sep 19, 2026