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The Impact Of Nutrition Education On The Dietary Habits Of Female
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1.3 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
The aim of this study is to outline the importance of nutrition education to improving the nutrient intake of adolescent girls.
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particular group of interest is the adolescent female few studies have
reviewed the impact of nutrition education on the dietary intakes of the
average adolescent female. In the present study, the effect of a term
long nutrition education class on the dietary habits of adolescent
females in secondary schools in Benin City was examined. This study
compared dietary intakes of female students who completed a nutrition
education class to female students who did not. The findings in the
present study are important in that they help nutrition educators and
dietician understands if adolescent female who are provide with a one
term time period will develop better eating habits than females who do
not receive nutrition education.
1.4 RESEARCH QUESTIONS
This
research questions will be on socio-demographic characteristics of
adolescent girls, their dietary habits and nutritional knowledge.
1.5 SCOPE OF THE STUDY
This
study shall be restricted to secondary school in Egor L.G.A, Edo State
of Nigeria only in the realization of similar condition facing female
students in other states of Nigeria. The survey shall be on nutrient
intake only of adolescent girls.
Nutrition education lectures shall be held for the subjects and pamphlets and handouts shall be used to facilitate the lectures.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]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 ... Continue reading---
