Video games and veggies: new program aims to boost teen Well-Being
NCT ID NCT07489365
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested a 25-week program called eHOOD for teens with challenges like anxiety, loneliness, or ADHD. Each week, participants did physical activities, cooked and ate dinner together, learned about healthy habits, and played online games as a group. The goal was to see if it's possible to run a larger study, not to measure health changes. Only 22 teens took part, and researchers focused on whether the program was practical and acceptable.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- eHOOD intervention (weekly meetings with physical activity, communal dinner, healthy lifestyle education, and guided online gaming)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this program could offer a fun, social way to help at-risk teens build healthy habits and feel less lonely.
- What could go wrong
- This was a very small feasibility study with only 22 participants and no control group. It was designed to test whether a larger trial is possible, not to prove the program works.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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22 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Oct 2022
- Finished
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Dec 2023
- Lead sponsor
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A research network
The lead sponsor is a research network or cooperative group.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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12 to 17 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Adolescents in 7th to 10th grade (corresponding to lower secondary education) with psycho-social challenges such as anxiety, loneliness, school refusal, being a victim of bullying, and developmental disorders such as Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Exclusion Criteria: * Inability to take part in a social community
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Fritidsklubben Munkebjergvej 125
Kastrup, 2770, Denmark
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Fritidsklubben Storagergård
Albertslund, 2620, Denmark
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