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The Impact Of Nutrition Education On The Dietary Habits Of Female
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The objective of this study was to explore the impact of nutrition education on the dietary habits of female secondary school students, sixty adolescent girls in the age group of 12-18 years were selected randomly from two (a private and a public) secondary schools in Egor Local Government Area of Edo State. Nutrition education improved their mean nutrition knowledge scores significant (p‹0.01) from 11.17=1.42 to 19.16 =1.8 significant increase in average daily intake of all the nutrients was found among all the adolescent subjects. The average contribution of carbohydrate, protein and fat to total energy also increased after imparting nutrition education. The dietary habits were improved as the practice of meal skipping was found to significantly reduce after imparting nutrition education. Thus, nutrition education is an effective measure to bring about the favourable and significant change in adolescent nutrient intake.
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CHAPTER ONE - [ Total Page(s): 3 ]CHAPTER ONEINTRODUCTION1.0 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDYNutrition
education is any combination of educational strategies, accompanied by
environmental supports, designed to facilitate voluntary adoption of
food choices and other food- and nutrition- related behaviour conducive
to health and well-being.Nutrition education is delivered through
multiple venues and involves activities of the individual, community,
and policy levels (Jones and Bartletti, 2007).This definition has
been adopted ... Continue reading---
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CHAPTER ONE - [ Total Page(s): 3 ]CHAPTER ONEINTRODUCTION1.0 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDYNutrition
education is any combination of educational strategies, accompanied by
environmental supports, designed to facilitate voluntary adoption of
food choices and other food- and nutrition- related behaviour conducive
to health and well-being.Nutrition education is delivered through
multiple venues and involves activities of the individual, community,
and policy levels (Jones and Bartletti, 2007).This definition has
been adopted ... Continue reading---
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