Effects of School-Based Nutrition Education Intervention in Preschool Children and Their Teachers: An Experimental Study

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dc.contributor.authorGümüş, Ayşe Bayındır
dc.contributor.authorKeser, Alev
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-21T16:15:48Z
dc.date.available2025-01-21T16:15:48Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.departmentKırıkkale Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractObjective: This study aimed to examine the effects of healthy nutrition education on eating habits and anthropometric mea- surements of preschool children and the nutritional knowledge levels of their teachers. Material and Methods: Sixty preschool children ed- ucated in a kindergarten in Ankara and 6 teachers were included in this follow-up and single-center study. Researchers applied separate questionnaires including “Food Preference Image” for children and “Nutrition Knowledge Level Scale for Adults” for their teachers. Comprehensive healthy nutrition education that had different contents was given to children and teachers. Measurements of pre-education, follow-up 1 (immediate post-intervention), and follow-up 2 (one-month post-intervention) were compared with the Paired Samples t-test, Fried- man test, Wilcoxon signed ranks test, and McNemar test.Results: The percentile of body weight and height by age of children increased (Z: -3.297; -2.524 respectively, p<0.05) in follow-up 2 compared to pre-education. Eating behaviors, food consumption, and food prefe- rences of children improved (p<0.05). Mean scores of Nutrition Know- ledge Level Scale for Adults of teachers were higher at follow-up 1 and follow-up 2 than pre-education (F=64.809; degree of freedom=2; p<0.05). Conclusion: Although the healthy nutrition education pre- sented in this study was short-term, preschool children started to eat healthier, and the nutrition attitudes of teachers improved. Comprehen- sive studies with longer follow-up intervals should be conducted with large samples and more centers to ensure that these effects are due to nu- trition education and to measure the effectiveness of the intervention.
dc.identifier.doi10.5336/healthsci.2022-94685
dc.identifier.endpage226
dc.identifier.issn2536-4391
dc.identifier.issue2
dc.identifier.startpage217
dc.identifier.trdizinid1177543
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.5336/healthsci.2022-94685
dc.identifier.urihttps://search.trdizin.gov.tr/tr/yayin/detay/1177543
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12587/22245
dc.identifier.volume8
dc.indekslendigikaynakTR-Dizin
dc.language.isoen
dc.relation.ispartofTürkiye Klinikleri Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Ulusal Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_20241229
dc.subjectBeslenme ve Diyetetik
dc.subjectSosyal Çalışma
dc.subjectEğitim
dc.subjectEğitim Araştırmaları
dc.subjectEğitim
dc.subjectÖzel
dc.subjectPediatri
dc.subjectPsikoloji
dc.titleEffects of School-Based Nutrition Education Intervention in Preschool Children and Their Teachers: An Experimental Study
dc.typeArticle

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