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The Impact Of Nutrition Education On The Dietary Habits
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1.2 PURPOSE OF THE STUDY
To assess the impact of nutrition education on the nutritional intake of female secondary school students.
To educate adolescent girls about sources of nutrient and balance diet.
To help improve the eating habits of adolescent girls.
To serve as a guide to nutrition educators and dieticians
To recommend nutrition education as part of the curriculum of secondary school in Nigeria.
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.
One 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---
