[Effect of three ways of nutritional education on knowledge-attitude-behavior with nutrition in pupils].

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE: To explore the effects of different nutritional education ways on knowledge-attitude-behavior with nutrition in pupils. METHODS: According to cluster randomization sampling methods, application three ways of nutritional education, nutritional education for pupils, nutritional education for pupils' parents and nutritional education for both pupils and their parents, to 1477 pupils from three, four and five grades in primary school in Xuzhou City. RESULTS: Although each of three ways can improve the level of nutrition knowledge and diet behavior, the way of nutritional education for both pupils and their parents gets the best effect and the following is the way of nutritional education for pupils. CONCLUSION: Primary schools play a more important role than pupils' parents for improving pupils' knowledge, attitude and practice with nutrition.