Effectiveness of The Food Guide Pyramid As A Nutrition Education Tool for School-Aged Children

Guidelines for balanced nutrition began to be introduced and socialized more than 15 years ago. Guidelines for balanced nutrition apply to every stage of age including school-aged children. Education of balanced nutrition is still little given to school-aged children. According to some research is still a lot of prevalence of knowledge of balanced nutrition is lacking. In the study conducted Zulaekah (2012) showed that as many as 57.7% of primary school children have a lack of nutrition knowledge. This study aims to determine whether there is influence of nutrition education by using Comic media on knowledge of balanced nutrition. In this research use quasy experimental research design with time series design design. This research is done by using comic print media which contains about 4 messages of balanced nutrition, that is variation of food, the importance of clean life, the importance of active lifestyle and exercise, and the importance of monitoring the weight which is visualized in a tumpeng gizi seimbang (TGS). Statistical analysis of data using t-dependent test. The result of t-dependent test shows that there is an increase of average value of knowledge before and after giving comic 36,36. In this research, balanced comic nutrition media can increase the average knowledge of schoolchild by 34,36 or 72,15%.

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Pirzi Doll”: A Method for Increasing Children’s Knowledge and Attitude in Balanced Nutrition

International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering - 2 ◽

10.35940/ijrte.b1036.0982s919 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 8 (2S9) ◽

pp. 165-169

Keyword(s):

Nutrition Education ◽

Control Group ◽

P Value ◽

Nutritional Education ◽

Control Groups ◽

School Aged Children ◽

The Mean ◽

Knowledge And Attitude ◽

And Control ◽

Experimental Group

Nutrition is one of the main problems in the world, where the number of malnourished patients reaches less than 104 million children and one third of all causes of child mortality worldwide are still caused by malnutrition. Nutrition knowledge in school-aged children is one of the factors determining patterns food consumption and nutritional status. Nutrition education in school-aged children can improve children's nutritional knowledge and play a role in food selection and eating habits. Nutrition education should start from an early age. Nutrition and health education began to be directed at kindergarten and elementary school students, since this age group has a habit of attitude that is relatively easy to be formed. This study aims to determine the effect of nutrition education by story’s telling with pirzi doll media to increase knowledge and attitude of children about balanced nutrition. This study used quasi-experimental design with two group pre and post-test design sampling was carried out with a systematic random sampling. Sample of research were children enrolled in Kindergarten IT Rabbani and IT Menara Fitrah in Ogan Ilir District. There were 37 samples on control group dan 39 samples on experimental group. The results of statistical analysis using Mann-Whitney test. The mean score of knowledge after being given a nutritional education was 26.15 ± 3.10 in the experimental group and in the control group was 26.05± 3.16 (p-value=0.817). The mean score of attitudes after being given a nutritional education was 13.69 ± 1.97 in the experimental group and in the control group was 11.24 ± 3.67 (p-value=0.002). There was no difference in mean score of knowledge between the experimental and control groups after being given a nutritional education. There was a difference in mean values of attitudes between the experimental and control groups after being given a nutritional education.

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Nutrition education improves knowledge and BMI-for-age in Ghanaian school-aged children

African Health Sciences ◽

10.4314/ahs.v21i2.55 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 21 (2) ◽

pp. 927-941

Author(s):

Reginald A Annan ◽

Charles Apprey ◽

Godwin O Agyemang ◽

Diane M Tuekpe ◽

Odeafo Asamoah-Boakye ◽

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Keyword(s):

Nutrition Education ◽

Primary Schools ◽

Growth And Development ◽

Intervention Group ◽

Nutrition Knowledge ◽

Control Group ◽

Post Intervention ◽

School Aged Children ◽

Education Group ◽

Children Nutrition

Background: Adequate nutrition is required for growth and development in children. This study tested the effectiveness of nutrition education on knowledge and BMI-for-age (BFA) of school-aged children in the Kumasi Metropolis. Methods: Children, aged 9-13 years old were recruited from ten randomly selected primary schools in the Metropolis. The schools were randomly allocated into 3 groups: nutrition education (3 schools), physical activity (PA) education (3 schools), both interventions (2 schools), or control (2 schools). Following a baseline nutrition and PA knowledge and status assess- ment in 433 children, twice-monthly nutrition and PA education and demonstrations were carried out for 6 months, followed by a post-intervention assessment. Results: PA and nutrition knowledge improved in all groups (P<0.001); the highest improvement was among those who received both interventions (31.0%), followed by the nutrition education group (29.8%), and the least, the control group (19.1%). Overall, BFA improved by +0.36, from baseline (-0.26) to end of the intervention (+0.10, P<0.001). Within the groups, the nutrition group (+0.65, P<.001) had the highest improvement, then, both the intervention group (+0.27, P<0.001), the PA group (+0.23, P<0.001) and lastly, the control group (+0.18, P=0.001). Conclusion: Nutrition education could improve knowledge and BMI-for-age in school-aged children in Ghana. Keywords: School-aged children; nutrition education; BMI-for-age; nutrition knowledge; basic school.

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O13 Are Food-Based Dietary Guidelines an Nutrition Education Tool in Africa?

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior ◽

10.1016/j.jneb.2019.05.319 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 51 (7) ◽

pp. S6-S7

Author(s):

Ifeoma Akeredolu ◽

Yeside Adesiyun ◽

Olutayo Adeyemi ◽

Beatrice Oganah

Keyword(s):

Nutrition Education ◽

Dietary Guidelines ◽

Education Tool

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Mobile Teaching Kitchen Project – eradicating and preventing malnutrition through nutrition education

European Journal of Public Health ◽

10.1093/eurpub/ckaa165.1334 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽

Author(s):

S Ray

Keyword(s):

Nutrition Education ◽

Positive Impact ◽

Urban Slum ◽

Developed Countries ◽

Micronutrient Deficiencies ◽

Think Tank ◽

Diet Diversity ◽

Health And Nutrition ◽

Slum Dwellers ◽

Education Tool

Abstract Background Global malnutrition, affecting over 2.6 billion people globally, represents a triple burden to health in the form of micronutrient deficiencies, under-and over-nutrition. Malnutrition reaches all parts of society, with those undernourished and deficient in vitamins and minerals often thought to be the poorer in society, whilst overnourished those wealthier. NNEdPro, an international think-tank working to develop nutrition capacity, performed a landscaping activity in Kolkata, India and noted significant undernutrition within the slum dwelling population and overnutrition among the inner-city workers. Results NNEdPro' s Mobile Teaching Kitchen (MTK) project was developed as a nutritional education tool to improve awareness of diet diversity and disease prevention amongst marginalised communities by using locally sourced foods and cooking skills. Local volunteers trained in healthy cooking transfers core principles through cooking demonstrations of sustainable, nutritional, and affordable meals. They follow a 'See One, Do One, Teach One' (S1D1T1) model to transfer knowledge to their peers. This model aims to create a sustainable solution that will enable the rural-urban slum dwellers across regions of the world to challenge food insecurity and malnutrition. Conclusions The potential of the Teaching Kitchen can extend beyond creating powerful behavior change for improved health and nutrition within local communities of both developing and developed countries. In addition to improving the wellbeing of the community, the project can also potentially create livelihood opportunities through empowering women with catering skills and having a positive impact on the health and nutritional status of the wider community. After successful impacts in India, the Mobile Teaching Kitchen model has been proposed to other 8 existing regional networks of NNEdPro such as Australia & New Zealand, Brazil, Italy, Mexico, Morocco, Switzerland, USA, and UK.

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Development and Evaluation of the Nutrition Education Tool for South Asians with Cardiovascular Diseases

Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics ◽

10.1016/j.jand.2012.06.068 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 112 (9) ◽

pp. A20

Author(s):

A. Wagle ◽

N. Bagaria ◽

K. Sucher

Keyword(s):

Cardiovascular Diseases ◽

Nutrition Education ◽

South Asians ◽

Education Tool

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The Program Niño Sano, Adulto Sano Improves Mothers’ Nutrition Knowledge and Food Practices, and Reduces Obesity in School-aged Children from a Low-income Setting in Mexico (FS16-02-19)

Current Developments in Nutrition ◽

10.1093/cdn/nzz050.fs16-02-19 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽

Author(s):

Yolitzin C Hernandez ◽

Gilda Zacarias ◽

Olga García

Keyword(s):

Nutrition Education ◽

Low Income ◽

Cognitive Theory ◽

Nutrition Knowledge ◽

Overweight And Obesity ◽

Controlled Study ◽

Control Group ◽

Nutrition Program ◽

School Aged Children ◽

Food Practices

Abstract Objectives Evaluate the effect of the nutrition program Niño Sano, Adulto Sano (Healthy Child, Healthy Adult) on mother's nutrition knowledge and food practices. Also, to determine its effect on Body Mass Index (BMI) of both mothers and their children. Methods A total of 43 mothers (35 ± 5 y) and their school-aged children (9 ± 3 y) participated in a 6-month longitudinal controlled study. Participants were residents of two low income communities in Queretaro, Mexico. The program Niño Sano, Adulto Sano was developed using the Intervention Mapping Approach and Social Cognitive Theory and consisted on six nutrition education sessions (1 per month) and six cooking workshops. The control group received three sessions (1 every 2 months) of nutrition education following the Mexican Official Guidelines. Height and weight of mothers and children were taken at baseline and after 6 months to determine mother's BMI and children's BMI-for-age z-score following WHO procedures. Mothers answered a validated questionnaire that consisted of eight Likert-type questions to evaluate nutrition knowledge and food practices at the beginning and end of the study. The data was analyzed by T-student of dependent variables using SPSSv19. Results The combined prevalence of overweight and obesity at baseline was 88.3% and 51.4% for the mothers and their children, respectively. 47% of the children were girls. Mothers that participated in the nutrition program improved their nutrition related knowledge and food practices by 2.99 points (3.14, 95%CI: 1.21, 4.76; P = 0.0001) compared to the control group (1.27, 95%CI: 0.15, 2.39; P = 0.028). Children of the mothers that participated in the program significantly reduce their BMI for age by −0.27 units (0.30, 95%CI: 0.22, 0.39; P = 0.0001) compared with the control group (0.02, 95%IC: −0.11, 0.17 P = 0.70). No differences were observed between groups in the mothers’ BMI at the end of the study. Conclusions The nutrition intervention Niño Sano, Adulto Sano improved nutrition knowledge and food practices of participating mothers, it reduced BMI for age a of their children, but had no effect on mother's BMI. Funding Sources Fondo de Proyectos Especiales de Rectoría (FOPER) of the Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro.

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