The purpose of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a multicomponent nutrition education program among adults. A pretest-posttest design was used assessing Nutritional Knowledge (NK), BMI, Energy Intake (EI), Physical Activity Level (PAL), Dietary Intake (DI) and attitudes. 353 adults aged 19-55 years (178 control group (CG) and 175 intervention group (IG)) were recruited. IG particip...

In recent years, fast-food (FF) consumption and obesity / overweight have become more frequent. The influence of a nutrition education intervention on Indian children's parents' use western-style-fast-food (WFF) was studied in community-based study. Two hundred eight children aged four to six years old, as well their parents, were selected at random from daycare kindergartens Varanasi, Uttar Pr...

conclusions the significant improvement in the experimental group’s mean knowledge, hbm structures , and behavior scores indicates the positive effect of the intervention. background using various models of behavior change, a number of studies in the area of nutrition education have confirmed that nutrition habits and behaviors can be improved. objectives this study sought to determine the effe...

OBJECTIVE To pilot the design and methodology for a large randomised controlled trial (RCT) of two interventions to promote healthier food purchasing: culturally appropriate nutrition education and price discounts. DESIGN A 12-week, single-blind, pilot RCT. Effects on food purchases were measured using individualised electronic shopping data ('Shop 'N Go' system). Partial data were also colle...

OBJECTIVE To assess the impact of a classroom-based nutrition and health education intervention among student community volunteers in improving their knowledge on individual topics. DESIGN Prospective follow-up study. Topic-wise knowledge change among student volunteers on individual topics (twenty-one questions related to nutrition and health, eight questions related to infectious diseases a...

OBJECTIVE Evaluate the effectiveness of nutrition education interventions for diabetes prevention. DESIGN Retrospective cohort design. SETTING Tertiary-care US Veterans' Hospital, July 2007 to July 2012, using pre-existing database. PARTICIPANTS Prediabetic, adult veterans (n = 372), mostly men (94.4%, n = 351). INTERVENTIONS Visits with existing nutrition education classes were collect...

Landmark reports have confirmed that it is within the core responsibilities of doctors to address nutrition in patient care. There are ongoing concerns that doctors receive insufficient nutrition education during medical training. This paper provides an overview of a medical nutrition education initiative at the University of Cambridge, School of Clinical Medicine, including 1) the approach to ...

BACKGROUND Maternal nutritional health, before and during pregnancy, influences the health status of herself and her developing fetus. Pregnancy is an important condition for improving nutritional knowledge. OBJECTIVES The present study aimed at determining effects of nutrition education on levels of nutritional awareness of a representative group of pregnant women in Western Iran. PATIENTS...