THE IMPACT OF NUTRITION EDUCATION ON THE DIETARY HABITS

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ABSTRACT

The objective of this study was to explore the impact of nutrition education on the dietary habits of female secondary school students, sixty adolescent girls in the age group of 12-18 years were selected randomly from two (a private and a public) secondary schools in Egor Local Government Area of Edo State. Nutrition education improved their mean nutrition knowledge scores significant (p‹0.01) from 11.17=1.42 to 19.16 =1.8 significant increase in average daily intake of all the nutrients was found among all the adolescent subjects. The average contribution of carbohydrate, protein and fat to total energy also increased after imparting nutrition education. The dietary habits were improved as the practice of meal skipping was found to significantly reduce after imparting nutrition education. Thus, nutrition education is an effective measure to bring about the favourable and significant change in adolescent nutrient intake.

TABLE OF CONTENT

CHAPTER ONE                                                            

Background of the study

Statement of problem  

Significance of the study

Research questions

Scope of the study

Limitation of the study

CHAPTER TWO                                                                    

Literature review

Nutrition requirement of teenage girls

Food intake pattern of Nigeria teenage girls

Effect of poor dietary choice

Impact of nutrition education on nutrition intake

CHAPTER THREE                                                        

Research methodology

Design of study

Population of study

Sample and sampling techniques

Instrumentation

Validation of instrument

Method of data collection

Method of data analysis

CHAPTER FOUR                                                         

Data presentation and analysis

Socio-demographic characteristic of subjects

Dietary habit data

Nutrition knowledge scores

Nutrition intake

CHAPTER FIVE                                                           

Summary

Conclusion

Recommendation

REFERENCES                                                              

QUESTIONNAIRE                                                                                                                         CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

1.0 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

        Nutrition education is any combination of educational strategies, accompanied by environmental supports, designed to facilitate voluntary adoption of food choices and other food- and nutrition- related behaviour conducive to health and well-being.

        Nutrition education is delivered through multiple venues and involves activities of the individual, community, and policy levels (Jones and Bartletti, 2007).

        This definition has been adopted by the society for nutrition education and behaviour and was authored by Dr. Isobel Contento, a leading authority in nutrition education. The work of nutrition educators takes place in colleges, universities and schools, government agencies, cooperative extension, communications and public relations firms, the food industry, voluntary and service organizations and with other reliable places of nutrition and health education information.

        The American Dietetic Association (ADA) published a position paper regarding the nutritional needs of teenagers. This paper stated that the health of adolescents is dependent on normal dietary intakes and that the provision of foods that contain adequate energy and nutrients was essential for physical, social and cognitive growth and development.

        Adequate nutrient intake during adolescence is very important for many reasons. Adolescence is a particularly unique period of life because it is a time of intense physical, psychological and cognitive development.

        Adolescence is a transition phase to adulthood. The age of adolescence encapsulates a window of time when bodies are metamorphosing and evolving into that of an adult. It is a time when the adolescent tries to establish his own identify yet desperately seeks to be socially accepted by his peers (Lulinski, 2001). During adolescence hormonal changes accelerate growth in height. Growth is faster than at any other time in the individual’s life except the first year (Brasel, 1982). Increased nutritional needs at this juncture relate to the fact that adolescents gain up to 50% of their adult weight, more than 20% of their adult height and 50% of their adult skeletal mass during this period (Brasel, 1982). The adolescent therefore face series of serious nutritional challenges which would impact on this rapid growth spurt as well as their health as adults. However, the adolescent remain a largely neglected, difficult to-measure, hard-to-reach population. Consequently, the needs, particularly those of adolescent girls are often ignored (Kurz and Johnson-Welch, 1994).

        At this developmental stages, protein requirements maximal. Increased physical activity, combined with poor eating habit and other considerations, for example, menstruation, oral contraceptive use and pregnancy contribute to accentuating the potential risk for adolescents of poor nutrition.

1.1 STATEMENT OF PROBLEM

        Poor nutritional choices and practices have been shown to increase during adolescence; the need for nutrition education becomes clear. It is important that health educators look into nutrition education and its impact on the dietary habits of adolescent females. Several studies have been conducted that show how nutrition education impacts the dietary habits of adolescents.

        These studies have reviewed the effect of nutrition education on adolescent athletes and have analyzed how nutrition education impacts snack patterns.

        The main nutritional problems affecting adolescent populations in particular include under-nutrition in terms of stunning and wasting. Others are deficiencies of micronutrients such as iron and vitamin a, obesity and other specific nutrient deficiencies (Kurz and Johnson-Welch, 1994).

        Adolescents because they are still growing, who enter into marriage with poor nutritional status are likely to give birth to smaller infants than mature women of the same nutritional status (WHO, 1995) because of the competition for nutrients between the growing adolescent and the growing fetus (Scholl et al, 1990) andpoorer placental function (Colson, 1987). Undernourished adolescent girls and women give birth to underweight and often stunned babies. These infants are less able to learn as young children and are more likely themselves to be parents to infants with intrauterine growth.

        Retardation and low birth weight. However, they are less able to generate livelihoods and are less equipped to resist chronic diseases in later life. Such lifecycle and intergenerational links demand sustained, long term ameliorative action (ACC/SCN, 2000) which this study aims to provide.

1.2 PURPOSE OF THE STUDY

  1. To assess the impact of nutrition education on the nutritional intake of female secondary school students.
  2. To educate adolescent girls about sources of nutrient and balance diet.
  3. To help improve the eating habits of adolescent girls.
  4. To serve as a guide to nutrition educators and dieticians
  5. To recommend nutrition education as part of the curriculum of secondary school in Nigeria.

1.3 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

          The aim of this study is to outline the importance of nutrition education to improving the nutrient intake of adolescent girls.

        One particular group of interest is the adolescent female few studies have reviewed the impact of nutrition education on the dietary intakes of the average adolescent female. In the present study, the effect of a term long nutrition education class on the dietary habits of adolescent females in secondary schools in Benin City was examined. This study compared dietary intakes of female students who completed a nutrition education class to female students who did not. The findings in the present study are important in that they help nutrition educators and dietician understands if adolescent female who are provide with a one term time period will develop better eating habits than females who do not receive nutrition education.

1.4 RESEARCH QUESTIONS

        This research questions will be on socio-demographic characteristics of adolescent girls, their dietary habits and nutritional knowledge.

1.5 SCOPE OF THE STUDY

        This study shall be restricted to secondary school in Egor L.G.A, Edo State of Nigeria only in the realization of similar condition facing female students in other states of Nigeria. The survey shall be on nutrient intake only of adolescent girls.

        Nutrition education lectures shall be held for the subjects and pamphlets and handouts shall be used to facilitate the lectures.

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