After-school nutrition education programme improves eating behaviour in economically disadvantaged adolescents.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate whether an after-school nutrition education (ASNE) programme can improve the nutrition knowledge and healthy eating behaviour of adolescents from economically disadvantaged families.

Design

One-group pretest and posttest design. Nutrition knowledge and dietary intake were collected using a questionnaire, and anthropometric measurements were measured before and after the intervention. Nine components of healthy eating behaviour were assessed with reference to the Dietary Guideline of Taiwan. Pretest and posttest differences were analysed using generalised estimating equations.

Setting

Three after-school programmes in central and southern Taiwan. The ASNE programme comprised three monthly 1-h sessions (20-30-min lecture and 30-40-min interaction

SUBMITTER: Shen PY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10195630 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature