Objectives and methods: This was an intervention field trial to determine the effects of a nutrition education program (a modudle prepared specifically for the porpose) on the nutritional knowledge and attitude of volunteer Health care workers of Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS) in city of Tehran in 1999. The study population consisted of 121 female health care workers from four ran...

background and objectives: regarding the high prevalence of unhealthy food habits among iranian children, we aimed to assess the effect of a school-based nutrition education program on nutritional status of primary school students in shiraz. materials and methods: this randomized educational controlled trial was carried out on 221 primary school age children selected by cluster sampling in the ...

The purpose of this study is to understand nutrition knowledge, attitude, and behavior in Taiwanese adults. Results indicated that adults’ knowledge on “relationship between diet and disease” and “comparison of foods in terms of specific nutrients” is acceptable. However, they lack knowledge on “daily serving requirements” and “weight and weight loss”. Although they recognize the importance of ...

OBJECTIVE Maternal nutrition knowledge has frequently been identified as an important target for nutrition promotion interventions. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether maternal nutrition knowledge is more strongly associated with the mother's own diet or that of her child. DESIGN Cross-sectional multivariate linear regression with interactions analyses of survey data. SE...

BACKGROUND Medical and nursing education lack adequate practical nutrition training to fit the clinical reality that health workers face in their practices. Such a deficit creates health workers with poor nutrition knowledge and child undernutrition management practices. In-service nutrition training can help to fill this gap. However, no systematic review has examined its collective effectiven...