Construction of Knowledge Questionnaire Regarding Junk Food Consumption

Junk Food Consumption among High School Students in Iran: The Role of Food Advertising

Introduction: Adolescence is one of the most important periods of human development. Nutrition plays an important role in health and prevention of disease during this period. Food advertising influences food purchase and food consumption among children and adolescents. Most of these advertisements are about the foods high in fat, salt and sugar. High exposure to these kinds of a...

Health concerns regarding consumption of irradiated food.

Food irradiation is being promoted as a simple process that can be used to effectively and significantly reduce food-borne illnesses around the world. However, a thorough review of the literature reveals a paucity of adequate research conducted to specifically address health concerns that may directly result from the consumption of irradiated food. Consequently, there is considerable debate on ...

Junk food thoughts.

Application Planned Behavior in theory Predicting Junk Food Consumption among Female Students

Background and Objectives: There are high tendency among adolescence for consuming junk foods. The aim of this study was to predict the junk food consumption based on the theory of planned behavior among female student in Kermanshah, 2011. Material and Methods: In this descriptive-analytical study, 207 female students studying in middle schools of Kermanshah were selected using multi stage samp...

The Effect of nutrition education on knowledge, attitude, and performance about junk food consumption among students of female primary schools

BACKGROUND Undoubtedly, proper nutrition has important role in safeguarding the individual from many diseases, especially chronic ones, and increasing ones physical and intellectual efficiency. Considering the importance of nutrition education to school-age kids, this research was done with the purpose of determining the effect of nutrition education on the knowledge, attitude, and performance ...