Assessing school-lunch feeding and nutrition education strategy for healthier kids in selected Philippine public schools.
Nutr Health
; 26(3): 231-242, 2020 Sep.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Nutrition interventions during the early years of a child's life are anchored on the need to provide good nutrition and proper health care to optimize their growth potential as adults. In the Philippines, undernutrition is a persistent problem among 0-10 year old Filipino children. In this age group, children consume a diet poor in quantity and quality.AIM:
This study aimed to assess the effects of a school-lunch and nutrition education intervention among schoolchildren in terms of attaining good nutrition.METHOD:
Using a quasi-experimental design, children aged 7-9 years from public elementary schools in the province of Laguna, Philippines were categorized into three intervention groups and one non-intervention group. Anthropometric measurements; nutrition knowledge, attitude and behavior; and food intake among children and households were collected at baseline and endline periods. SPSS for Windows version 16 and Stata version 15 were utilized for data analysis.RESULTS:
Mean scores on knowledge, attitude and behavior of schoolchildren in intervention groups increased significantly at endline (p<0.05). Protein requirement was met by more children and households than the energy requirement. Most children with normal nutritional status after the interventions (25.3%) belonged to the group with the complete intervention of school-lunch and nutrition education.CONCLUSIONS:
The provision of both school-lunch feeding and nutrition education is effective in improving the knowledge, attitude and behavior scores and nutritional status of schoolchildren. The adoption and institutionalization of complete intervention with school-lunch and nutrition education in elementary public schools should be pursued.
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Instituições Acadêmicas
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Educação em Saúde
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Política Nutricional
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Dieta
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Almoço
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Serviços de Alimentação
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Ano de publicação:
2020
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