Grady's Garden web App in concert with animation content, healthy branded products to improve the health of kids of color who live in underserved communities and are at risk of childhood obesity.

Poor dietary quality and low fruit and vegetable (FV) intake in particular is an established riskfactor for many chronic diseases; current consumption among children is alarmingly inadequate.Engaging children through school and afterschool settings is a viable strategy to make positivechanges but for transformational and sustainable impact messaging must also reach familiesteachers retail environments and beyond. Grady's Garden includes three core components:healthy food products animated cartoon episodes that chronicle the lives of diverse children whocreate a garden in their urban neighborhood and episode-tailored Experiential LearningExtensions (ELEs) that include hands-on activities such as recipes tastings worksheets andphysical activity. Two episodes with ELEs have been pilot-tested demonstrating promisingresults. The long-term goal of the Grady's Garden Project is to translate these culturally relevant'edutainment' approaches into digital delivery format [web and mobile application ('app')platforms] to facilitate widespread (national/global) adoption that will ultimately improvechildren's FV intake and diet quality; physical activity behaviors; and social-emotional wellness.In this project we will: 1) operationalize existing Grady's Garden content into digital platformsfor four user groups: caregivers/parents teachers staff and children and conduct initial usertesting; 2) produce two additional Grady's Garden episodes with ELEs that will be built into thedigital platform; 3) field-test the four curriculum modules in school and afterschool settings; and4) analyze and apply user data and feedback to inform modifications including push notificationsto optimize user engagement. Phase I aims to demonstrate technical feasibility of these platformsand tools poising the project for a Phase II application to commercialize the program.