School-based intervention on behavioral intention of adolescents regarding healthy diet in India.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Adolescence is a distinctive period of life when intense physical, psychological, and cognitive development occurs. A healthy diet helps prevent various forms of malnutrition and non-communicable diseases (NCDs) like diabetes, heart disease, stroke, and cancer. The current study aimed to assess the change in behavioral intentions (measured based on the TPB) toward healthy dietary practices through health promotion intervention among adolescents studying in selected schools in an urban area of West Bengal, India.

Methods

The current study was a non-randomized controlled interventional study conducted among adolescents in either seventh, eighth, ninth, or tenth grades and aged between 12 and 16 years. Two-step cluster analysis with maximum likelihood estimation id

SUBMITTER: Jha SS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9947774 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature