Objective: This study was conducted to evaluate the physiotherapy students' satisfaction with learning and teaching process of faculty of applied medical sciences, Taif University, KSA.Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted. A total of 132 undergraduate physiotherapy students completed a questionnaire consisted of 36 questions divided into five different categories through a 5-point Likert's scale. These categories of learning and teaching satisfaction are evaluation methods, academic advising, teaching and learning strategies, evaluation of teacher and courses, clinical training. Chi-square test was used to determine the significant level of the student degree of agreement.Results: Chi-square analysis revealed that all the items of the questionnaire were statistically significant (p < 0.05) for the choice "True sometimes" except questions related the mechanism of fraud control in the students' duties and tests, the office hours provided by the teaching staff, and the extent of benefits gained by students through scientific help of teaching staff were statistically significant (p < 0.05) for the choice "Agree". The degree of agreement of the five categories of questionnaire was fair. The results revealed that about 6 out of every 10 respondents were found satisfied with the five categories of learning and teaching process.Conclusion: The students' satisfaction level was "fair" degree of agreement with learning and teaching process in the physiotherapy department that requires several strategies to improve the learning and teaching process of the physiotherapy students.

Consumption of high-caloric sugar-sweetened beverages can promote childhood obesity and limit consumption of healthy foods. The Texas Public School Nutrition Policy is a mandate promoting healthy school environments by prohibiting sales of sweetened beverages and restricting portion sizes of high-fat foods. This study examined the possible effects of applying the Texas Public School Nutrition Policy in Saudi Arabian schools on students caloric intake and obesity rates. The average weekly sweetened carbonated beverage, caloric, and vegetable consumption of 162,147 Saudi public school students were determined based on the literature. Thereafter, according to prior pre-/post-studies, the effect of the Texas Public School Nutrition Policy on students food selection was estimated. This study found that the policy would decrease students consumption of sweetened carbonated beverages during school days from 5.3 to 3.9 servings/week, increase vegetable intake from 4.25 to 4.7 servings/week, and decrease total average caloric intake from 1,871 to 1,792 kcal/week. Although the reduction in caloric consumption is small (79 kcal/week/student), this policy can be a general strategy for increasing physical activity, improving nutrition, and managing obesity and overweight among Saudi students.

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