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Using a Humanoid Robot Along With a Registered Dietitian in an After‐School Program to Promote Healthy Eating Habits and Physic

Lifestyle Disease
Author
Mikati N et al.
Used Parameters : Body composition

Publication Year : 2016

Country : USA

Journal : FASEB Journal

The objective of this study was to determine the effectiveness of a novel 6‐week after school nutrition and physical activity intervention administered by a registered dietitian with the help of a humanoid robot targeting elementary school aged children aged 6–12 years. The study was conducted across four Young Men's Christian's Association (YMCA) sites in Miami‐Dade County, Florida (N= 114, Mean age: 8.16±1.57 years) using a pretest‐posttest quasi‐experimental design via randomly assigned intervention (two sites; n= 63) and comparison …
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