Assessing school-lunch feeding and nutrition education strategy for healthier kids in selected Philippine public schools.

Nutrition and Health
Julieta B DoradoMario V Capanzana

Abstract

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. This study aimed to assess the effects of a school-lunch and nutrition education intervention among schoolchildren in terms of attaining good nutrition. 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. 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 in...Continue Reading

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DOST
Stata
SPSS
FNRI
Statistical Package for Social Sciences ( SPSS )
WHO Anthro Plus

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