Effect of nutrition education intervention on nutrition knowledge, attitude, and diet quality among school-going adolescents: a quasi-experimental study.

Autor: Raut S; Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, College of Applied Food and Dairy Technology, Purbanchal University, Lalitpur, Nepal., Kc D; Public Health Promotion and Development Organization, Kathmandu, Nepal., Singh DR; School of Human and Health Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, UK., Dhungana RR; Faculty of Medicine Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia., Pradhan PMS; Department of Community Medicine, Maharajgunj Medical Campus, Institute of Medicine, Kathmandu, Nepal., Sunuwar DR; Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Nepal Armed Police Force Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal. devramsunuwar@gmail.com.; Department of Nutritional Science, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, USA. devramsunuwar@gmail.com.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: BMC nutrition [BMC Nutr] 2024 Feb 27; Vol. 10 (1), pp. 35. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Feb 27.
DOI: 10.1186/s40795-024-00850-0
Abstrakt: Background: Nutrition education is being used to encourage school adolescents to adopt healthy eating habits. To the best of our knowledge, very little study has been undertaken in Nepal to examine the effectiveness of nutrition education programs. This study aimed to assess the effect of nutrition education on nutritional knowledge, attitude, and diet quality among school-going adolescents in selected private schools in Nepal.
Methods: A quasi-experimental study was conducted among 226 students aged 12 - 19 years of two selected private schools in Banepa municipality of Nepal. Students (n = 113) from the first school were assigned to intervention and the same number of students from the second school were enrolled in the study as the control. Over 12 weeks, students in the intervention group received one hour of nutrition education in the form of mini-lectures and interactive discussions, whilst students in the control group received no education. The student's two-sample t-test was used to compare two groups and to assess the effectiveness of the nutrition education program.
Results: Between the intervention and control group, the magnitude of difference in knowledge score was 1.80 (95% CI: 1.11 - 2.49), emotional eating was 0.98 (95% CI: 0.42 - 1.54), uncontrolled eating was 3.60 (95% CI: 2.10 - 5.09), and cognitive restraint of eating was 2.26 (95% CI: 1.51 - 3.01).
Conclusions: A tailored health education intervention was found to be effective in increase nutritional knowledge and attitude among school-going adolescents. Adopting nutrition education interventions as part of public health school intervention builds positive knowledge, attitudes, and healthy eating habits in school-going adolescents.
(© 2024. The Author(s).)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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