A Pilot Study to Examine the Effects of a Nutrition Intervention on Nutrition Knowledge, Behaviors, and Efficacy Expectations in Middle School Children

Fahlman, Mariane M.; Dake, Joseph A.; McCaughtry, Nate; Martin, Jeffrey J.

doi:10.1111/j.1746-1561.2008.00289.x

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“…Abdolahi et al (2005) also did not observe any significant difference between the mean score of knowledge and function of case and control groups before intervention, but the result became significant after intervention (P < 0.005) (13). The results of the study by Fahlman MM (2008) and Olivares S (2004) demonstrated the relationship and impact of education by teachers on improving the knowledge of students using curriculum and CD (17,22).Our findings regarding the effect of education on knowledge and attitude of students were consistent with the results of aforementioned studies.…”

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The Education by Peers Cautioning Against Deleterious Impact of Junk Foods on Knowledge, Attitude and Body Mass Index of School Students in Shiraz, Iran, 2012-13

Jokar

Behbahani

Shafiee

2014

Int J School Health

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Background:The peers play an important role in choosing the foods and shaping the dietary habits. Obesity and many other diseases result from consumption of unhealthy foods by children and adolescents. Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine the deleterious effect of junk foods on knowledge, attitude and body mass index (BMI) of school students in Shiraz, southern Iran. Patients and Methods: This study was conducted in two stages and comprised 480 (240 boys and 240 girls) of fifth grade in primary schools from four education and culture districts of Shiraz. The students were selected randomly and divided into two groups of intervention (120 girls and 120 boys in case group) and (120 girls and 120 boys in control group). In the first stage, both case and control groups completed the questionnaire on their knowledge, and attitude, in addition to calculating and recording their BMI. Initially, 3-4 active candidate students were selected from each class and after educating them about disadvantages of junk foods, commissioned them to educate their classmates daily about deleterious impact of such diets. The second stage started after three months when the same questionnaires were recompleted by both case and control groups, while their BMI re-calculated and recorded. The collected data were statistically analyzed using SPSS 15, chi square, paired t test, ANOVA and Post hoc test. Results:The results showed that, before intervention, out of 480 girls and boys, 13.0% were thin, 38.2% had normal weight, and 11.9% were overweight of whom 36.9% were obese. By comparing the average weight and height for girls and boys (case and control group), only in the region-1, there was a statistically significant difference in the mean weight (P = 0.002) and height (P = 0.015) of the girls in control and in the case group. Case groups from all four regions were overweight but without any statistically significant difference (P = 0.381). However, after intervention, a significant difference in overweight was found between case and control groups (P = 0.041). There was a significant relationship (P < 0.05) in comparing the score mean difference of attitude of students' girls and boys (case-control) in four regions before intervention. The attitude score of girls was better than the boys. There was no significant correlation (P > 0.05) between average knowledge scores of girls and boys (case and control) before and after intervention and attitude after intervention. Conclusions: Children spend a long time at schools which are ideal places for education. The peers chosen for this study proved to be highly successful in educating their classmates in cautioning them against unhealthy diets, an approach of potential educational Value.

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The Education by Peers Cautioning Against Deleterious Impact of Junk Foods on Knowledge, Attitude and Body Mass Index of School Students in Shiraz, Iran, 2012-13

Jokar

Behbahani

Shafiee

2014

Int J School Health

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“…[32][33][34] Aunado a lo anterior, se considera que generar hábitos de alimentación saludables en la población escolar, implica proveer de conocimientos adecuados sobre aspectos básicos de nutrición. 35,36 La evaluación del programa SaludArte, a través del análisis del puntaje de conocimientos en nutrición, mostró un efecto positivo significativo atribuible al programa.…”

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Efecto del programa de servicios SaludArte en los componentes de alimentación y nutrición en escolares de la Ciudad de México

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Objetivo. Evaluar el efecto del programa de servicios SaludArte en sus componentes de educación en nutrición y de asistencia alimentaria, dentro de escuelas participantes, durante 2013-2015. Material y métodos. Se realizó un estudio comparativo de tres cohortes que consideró 1 620 escolares de 144 primarias. Se construyeron dos paneles: de tiempo continuo y de tiempo completo. Se obtuvo información de consumo y hábitos alimenticios, higiene y conservación de alimentos, actividad física (AF) y antropometría. El análisis fue por diferencia en diferencias y modelos de regresión logística dicotómica y multinomial. Resultados. Los efectos atribuibles al programa fueron: higiene personal (p=0.045), conocimientos en nutrición (p=0.003), AF (p=0.002, 2013-2014; p=0.032, 2015) y consumo de fibra (p=0.064). El consumo de azúcar total fue significativo contrario a lo esperado (p=0.012, tiempo continuo; p=0.037, tiempo completo). Conclusiones. SaludArte tuvo efectos positivos en algunos componentes. Sin embargo, es necesario considerar las lecciones aprendidas, a fin de institucionalizar el programa y darle permanencia y crecimiento en las escuelas.

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“…Increase of nutritional knowledge in the control group could be due to routine educational programs at schools. Other studies have shown that nutrition education interventions could increase nutritional knowledge (13,21), which is a necessary but not sufficient factor for improving food behaviors (22). Some studies have reported that children's nutritional behaviors are not related to their nutritional knowledge.…”

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Effect of a School-based Nutrition Education Program on the Nutritional Status of Primary School Children

Keshani¹,

Mousavi²,

Mirzaei³

et al. 2016

Nutr Food Sci Res

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A B S T R A C T Background and Objectives:Regarding the high prevalence of unhealthy food habits among Iranian children, we aimed to assess the effect of a school-based nutrition education program on nutritional status of primary school students in Shiraz. Materials and Methods:This randomized educational controlled trial was carried out on 221 primary school age children selected by cluster sampling in the elementary schools of Shiraz-Iran. The intervention consisted of 6 nutrition education sessions carried out through one year for children, using active learning methods. Mothers' education was carried out in person in both lecture and question-answer sessions also via sending text messages and pamphlets. Weight, height and waist circumference (WC) of children were measured before and after the intervention. Also a 168-item food frequency questionnaire was completed. Two separate nutrition knowledge questionnaires were filled up by children and their mothers. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 16.Results: 171 children (83 in the case and 88 in the control group), aged 9.5-10.5 years, completed the study. Anthropometric and nutritional knowledge of the participants in both the intervention and control groups was significantly increased. Weight, height, WC and nutritional knowledge increased significantly more in the intervention group compared to the controls. Consumption of fruits and vegetables decreased in the intervention group while plain sugar and fast foods intake increased among the controls. There were no significant differences between the changes in the intake of any of the food groups in the two groups. Conclusions:In conclusion, the designed nutrition education program could increase students' nutritional knowledge, and lead to a non-significant change towards reducing the consumption of unhealthy foods such as fast foods, sweets and salty snacks.

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A Pilot Study to Examine the Effects of a Nutrition Intervention on Nutrition Knowledge, Behaviors, and Efficacy Expectations in Middle School Children

Cited by 102 publications

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The Education by Peers Cautioning Against Deleterious Impact of Junk Foods on Knowledge, Attitude and Body Mass Index of School Students in Shiraz, Iran, 2012-13

The Education by Peers Cautioning Against Deleterious Impact of Junk Foods on Knowledge, Attitude and Body Mass Index of School Students in Shiraz, Iran, 2012-13

Efecto del programa de servicios SaludArte en los componentes de alimentación y nutrición en escolares de la Ciudad de México

Effect of a School-based Nutrition Education Program on the Nutritional Status of Primary School Children

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