Abstract: The Study aims at ascertaining the most appropriate communication media to be used in bringing about improvement in nutritional knowledge, attitudinal change in children for sustainable development. 300 School goers (13- 15 years), 150 boys were selected randomly from Nagpur (Maharashtra) and Chennai (Tamil Nadu) further grouped as normal weight ,overweight and underweight based on BMI for age percentile. Questionnaire was the tool framed to collect data from respondents. Communication media comprising of power point presentation was used. Pre and post tests were conducted to assess the gain in knowledge. The result reveals that the awarness toward nutrition was positive before presentation and showed more than 10% of improvement in gaining knowledge in nutritional awareness, physical activity and lifestyle, where as only 2% to 3% progress was observed in the parameters of Food group, Nutrients , Deficiency disorders and healthy habit s. Over all boys interest to introduce high-nutrient foods and variety in their diet increased significantly. 0% of improvement was shown by Nagpur boys towards adopting healthy habits. Thus imparting nutrition education improved the knowledge score of all the respondent in all the parameters, which if continued in future, can have long lasting effect on improvement of nutritional status and healthy lifestyle.
Keywords: School going boys, Questionnaire, Communication media, Nutrition Education.
Title: Impact of Nutrition Education on School Boys (13 to 15 years) in Nagpur and Chennai for Sustainable Development
Author: M. K. Sabharwal, D.Kotwal
International Journal of Healthcare Sciences
ISSN 2348-5728 (Online)
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