Dietary diversity modification through school-based nutrition education among Bangladeshi adolescent girls: A cluster randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To measure the efficacy of school-based nutrition education on dietary diversity of the adolescent girls in Bangladesh.

Methods

A matched, pair-cluster randomized controlled trial was conducted from July 2019 to September 2020. Randomization was done to select intervention and control schools. There were 300 participants (150 in the intervention and 150 in the control arm) at baseline. We randomly selected our study participants (adolescent girls) from grades six, seven, and eight of each school. Our intervention components included parents' meetings, eight nutrition education sessions, and the distribution of information, education, and communication materials. An hour-long nutrition education session was provided using audio-visual techniques in a class of interv

SUBMITTER: Nyma Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9994752 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature