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The aim of this study was to assess the association between Nutrition Fact Panel (NFP) use and diet quality among university students. A comparative cross sectional study was conducted in 2019 among 172 college students living in dormitory of Universitas Indonesia, Depok, Indonesia. Data about socio economic and demographic characteristics, food preparation, NFP use and nutritional knowledge were collected through interview using structured questionnaire. Nutritional status was obtained by direct height and weight measurement. Diet quality was measured using Diet Quality Index-International (DQI-I) score, derived from 3x24 hours recall. Finding of this study showed that the characteristics of NFP users and non-users were not differed significantly except for nutritional knowledge in which NFP users were 1.852 times more likely to have good knowledge than NFP non-users (p

WstępSacharoza, nazywana popularnie przez konsumentów cukrem rafinowanym, jest substancją bezpośrednio kojarzącą się ze smakiem słodkim. Rynek dietetyczny oferuje jednak o wiele więcej źródeł tego smaku. Celem pracy było ustalenie, czy istnieje związek między poziomem wiedzy o substancjach słodzących a czynnikami takimi jak: miejsce zamieszkania, wykształcenie, płeć, wiek lub wskaźnik masy ciała (body mass index – BMI), a także zbadanie wiedzy ogólnej o substancjach słodzących i ustalenie, który ze słodzików jest najlepiej rozpoznawalny.Materiał i metodyBadanie przeprowadzono w pięciu laboratoriach „Dialab” na terenie Dolnego Śląska w miesiącach kwiecień–maj 2017 r. Dobór próby miał charakter losowy. W badaniu wzięły udział 132 osoby.WynikiW badanej populacji pacjentów tylko 15 osób wykazało, że cierpi na choroby dietozależne. Odpowiednio 87,9% pacjentów twierdziło, że odżywia się zdrowo. W grupie najlepiej rozpoznawalnych substancji słodzących znalazły się miód (73%), ksylitol (52%) i stewia (48%). Udowodniono również istotną korelację między BMI a poziomem wiedzy o substytutach cukru.WnioskiMiejsce zamieszkania, wykształcenie, wiek oraz płeć nie mają wpływu na świadomość żywieniową ankietowanych. Czynnikiem, który odgrywa w tym zakresie rolę, jest wysokie BMI. Próba ustalenia, czy choroby dietozależne mają istotny wpływ na zwiększanie poziomu wiedzy o substancjach słodzących, wymaga kontynuacji badań, gdyż spostrzeżenia wynikające z dotychczasowej obserwacji nie wystarczają, aby to potwierdzić. Poziom wiedzy na temat substancji słodzących badanych osób zaklasyfikowano jako akceptowalny.

Objectives: The eating habits of most Lithuanian people do not adhere to the recommendations for a healthy diet. If children and adolescents were provided with the relevant information, it would not only improve their nutritional knowledge, but also their eating habits in adulthood and the subsequent health of their children. The objective of this study was to determine the need for information on nutrition among Lithuanian adolescents, the current knowledge of adults regarding recommendations for the consumption of various food groups, and the factors that influence both the need for information and the current knowledge. Methods: Two cross-sectional studies were conducted, consisting of 3,574 adolescents aged 14-18 years and 1,007 adults aged 18-75 years. Logistic regression models with confidence intervals of 95% were used to determine the influence of various socio-demographic factors on the adolescent need for information on nutrition and the adult knowledge of nutrition. Results: A total of 66.7% of adolescents stated that they need information regarding nutrition, whereas 29.8% indicated that they lack such information. Significantly more girls than boys, and more students from schools in urban areas than students from schools in rural areas, expressed their need for information on nutrition. Lithuanian adults lacked knowledge of recommendations for the consumption of various food groups. Women and respondents with higher education degrees were found to have more knowledge on recommendations of the consumption of various food groups compared to men and respondents of other levels of education respectively. Conclusions: The results of this study demonstrate that the required information on nutrition must be continuously provided via various channels to both adolescents and adults, and socio-demographic factors must be taken into account when planning public health intervention measures.

Objective: Nutrition is one of the substantial modifiable risk factors in the prevention and control of many diseases such as chronic kidney diseases. Nutrition knowledge can thus help in prevention. The objective of this study is to assess nutritional knowledge of patients on hemodialysis and determine if this differs and was linked to duration of the therapy in Finland and Turkey. Methods: The study was conducted in one university hospital dialysis center each in Finland and Turkey with hemodialysis patients with an age of ≥18 years. A questionnaire about demographic and disease characteristics and nutritional knowledge was administered face-to-face. Anthropometric measurements (body weight, edema-free dry weight, height, body mass index) were evaluated. Results: The study group consisted of 120 adults, 50 patients (14 female, 36 male) from Finland and 70 patients (21 women, 49 men) from Turkey. The mean nutritional knowledge score was 10.1 ± 3.11 for the Finnish patients and 9.2 ± 3.32 for the Turkish patients (p>0.05). There was a positive correlation between the nutritional knowledge score and body weight in Turkey and between the nutritional knowledge score and duration of dialysis in Finland (p

Aim: Generally, it is assumed that health professionals are knowledgeable about healthy eating and as such studies aimed at assessing their dietary practices and the factors that influence these practices have been largely neglected. These studies are important because the dietary habits of healthcare professionals (HCPs) can have an impact on their well-being, health status and even their work output. Largely, there is a dearth of information about the dietary practices of HCPs during working hours. This study was aimed at assessing the dietary practices of HCPs during working hours at a referral teaching hospital in Ghana. Study Design: This was a cross-sectional study in which a questionnaire was administered to 320 HCPs. Methodology: A questionnaire was administered to the HCPs in the hospital after obtaining informed consent (written) from the HCPs. The questionnaire solicited information about their socio-demographics, dietary practices and nutritional knowledge. Descriptive statistics were summarized as frequencies and proportions. Results: Approximately 13.1%, 47.5% and 39.4% were underweight, normal weight and overweight respectively. Carbonated beverages, baked foods and fried foods were consumed four (4) or more times in a week by more than half of the HCPs because they were regarded as convenience foods which could be eaten while working. About 76.9%, 52.8% and 58.4% skipped their breakfast, lunch and supper meal respectively at least once in the past one (1) week before the study. Conclusions: The findings reveal concerns about the unhealthy dietary habits and basic nutrition knowledge gaps among the surveyed HCPs. Most HCPs skipped breakfast and ate a lot of unhealthy foods such as carbonated beverages, baked foods and fried foods frequently during working hours. Recommendations made include the need for hospital management to provide canteens that serve healthy meals for HCPs at their job sites. There is also the need for management to organize the work-schedules of HCPs in order to manage their workloads in a manner that enables them have adequate breaktimes to access and eat healthy foods while at work.

The COVID-19 pandemic has impact on various sectors, especially in the health sector. Efforts to prevent COVID- 19 can be done through the application of health protocols and balanced nutrition intake. There were a lot of misinformations related to COVID-19 prevention that might be a risk of increasing positive rate cases. The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of conventional nutrition education on knowledge and self-efficacy of COVID-19 prevention efforts. Study subjects of this study were 23 adults aged 19-65 years and taken by total sampling method. Nutritional knowledge data were collected using a questionnaire containing ten questions, while self-efficacy was assessed by creating a structured questionnaire on a scale of 0-100. Conventional education was given in the form of lectures related to the role of balanced nutrition, hoaxes related to food to prevent or treat COVID-19, and other COVID-19 prevention efforts for 90 minutes. Before and after education data were analyzed using paired t-test with SPSS version 23. This study results showed that nutrition education significantly improves nutritional knowledge (mean score before and after = 69.6 + 10.2 and 85.7 + 10.4; p < 0.001), self-efficacy to apply a balanced nutrition pattern (mean scores before and after = 68.2 + 13.0 and 75.5 + 17.5; p = 0.014), and the self-efficacy of implementing the health protocol (mean score before and after = 82.3 + 7.8 and 87.0 + 6.8; p = 0.002). This research can be used as a benchmark for the importance of expanding the coverage of conventional nutrition education to the wider community.

Understand the women with cancer about knowledge and practices regarding their nutrition are very important to maintain healthy body weight and eat nutritious foods. Hence, the study was aimed to evaluate the effect of instructional guidelines on women's awareness regarding nutrition after breast cancer surgery. Subjects and method: Design: A quasi-experimental research design was used with a pre-and post-test. Setting: the research was conducted at the inpatient and outpatient clinic of Fayoum Oncology Center. Subjects: A purposive sample of 130 women was included. Three tools were used: Tool (I) women' structured interviewing questionnaire, it included two parts: (a) demographic characteristics; (b) women' medical data, Tool (II) women' knowledge regarding nutrition sheet, and Tool (III) women' practice regarding nutrition sheet (pre/post). Results: More than half of women were having a family history of cancer. The majority of women reported that the main source of information regarding nutritional knowledge after breast cancer surgery was doctors. There was a positive correlation (P=0.005) between women's knowledge scores and their practice post-one-month nutritional instructional guidelines implementation. There were marked improvements in women's knowledge and practices regarding nutrition after breast cancer surgery post instructional guidelines implementation (P=0.005). Conclusion: The instructional guidelines implementation regarding nutrition had a positive effect on improving women's knowledge and practices after breast cancer surgery. Recommendations: The instructional guidelines should be conducted regularly for women after breast cancer surgery to discuss and teach them different aspects about nutrition and replication of the current study with a larger sample

Nutrition and its awareness play an important role in medical education for the management, as well as in the treatment of various chronic illnesses. Moreover, it always has been a concern about the knowledge and awareness of nutrition among physicians. Therefore, we aimed to study the nutritional knowledge, as well as awareness of primary health care physicians (PHC) working in Hail City, Saudi Arabia. A questionnaire-based cross-sectional survey was conducted among PHC physicians working in Hail, Saudi Arabia from September 2019 to December 2019. The questionnaire was distributed to PHC physicians and responses were recorded and data were statistically analyzed by applying Chi-square tests using SPSS 21.0. Questionnaires were circulated to 124 physicians, participated in this study. However, out of 124 physicians only 41 physicians filled out the complete questionnaire, indicating a very poor response rate (33%). The mean percentage of correct answers was 71.56%. Physicians who described their knowledge as “good” were found to be 75%. Furthermore, physicians working in PHC centers were aware of the basic nutritional knowledge regarding food content, pregnancy, lactation, diabetes, hypertension, etc. Our assessment revealed that physicians working in PHC of Hail Region had average nutritional knowledge. Moreover, it was also found that addition of various nutrition related educational programs in medical schools and hospital premises would improve the knowledge and awareness among the physicians.

Chronic renal failure (CRF) makes significant changes in the life of patients and their families. A good family support has a positive effect on successful patients' adaptation to the treatment and compliance with dietary regimen. This study aimed to examine the effects of nutritional knowledge of informal caregivers on depression and metabolic outcomes of hemodialysis patients. This was a cross-sectional study conducted at Baskent University Hemodialysis Center with 116 hemodialysis patients and their informal caregivers. Findings revealed that the caregivers who were the couple of the patients had the highest nutritional knowledge level than the other caregivers (p

Previous research found that 4.17% of children under five who experienced poor nutritional status based on body weight in Klepu Village, Krangan District, Tumangung Regency. The purpose of this study was to determine the factors related to the nutritional status of children under five in Klepu Village, Kranggan District, Temanggung Regency. This observational survey research used a cross sectional study approach. The population consisted of 72 children under five, all of them were research subjects. The data was processed using the chi square test. It was concluded that the factors related to nutritional status were infectious conditions, history of exclusive breastfeeding, history of complementary feeding and income level of parents. Meanwhile, factors that are not related to nutritional status are maternal nutritional knowledge, energy nutrition level and protein consumption level.

Chronic Energi Deficiency (CED) is a nutritional problem in pregnant women with a prevalence of 17,3% based on Indonesia Basic Health Research or Riset Kesehatan Dasar (Riskesdas) in 2018. Based on age groups, pregnant women who experienced the highest CED were 15-19 years (38,5%). So it is very important to know what factors are related to CED in pregnant women. The purpose of this study was to analyze determinants factors with the incidence of chronic energy deficiency in pregnant women at Gunung Sindur Bogor. This study was an observational study with a cross-sectional approach. Respondents in this study were 70 pregnant women who were selected by purposive sampling. Bivariate analysis was performed using the Chi-Square test and logistic regression for Multivariat analysis. The bivariate analysis showed that there were a relationship between age (p = 0.009), parity (p = 0.027) nutritional knowledge (p = 0.045), energy intake (p = 0.001), and protein intake (p = 0.007) with the incidence of CED in pregnant women. The multivariat results show that energy intake is the most dominant factor associated with the incidence of CED (p = 0.001) in pregnant women at Mount Sindur Bogor.

B ackground : Acute malnutrition could increase mortality and morbidity indirectly in infants and toddlers. The family socio-economic characteristics including the maternal education, nutritional knowledge, and family income, are related to the incidence of stunting. Objective: To determine the relationship between maternal education, working status and knowledge on dietary intake among toddlers under 3 years old. M ethod s: A correlative analytic study with cross-sectional design. The populations were mothers with toddlers under 3 years old. Sample size were 70 mothers which obtained with the cluster random sampling technique. Data collection were used questionnaire and calculated with 2005 Nutria survey and 14 levels. Results : There were no significant relationship between education level and working status on dietary intake of children under 3 years old (OR: 0,88; ᵖ-value: 0,855; CI: 0,136-4,136) and (OR: 1,29 ᵖ-value: 0,674; CI: 0.298-4.987). However, there were significant relationship between maternal knowledge and dietary intake of children under 3 years, especially related with energy and protein intake (OR: 2,14 ᵖ-value: 0,043; CI: 1,043-17,045). Conclusions: Maternal knowledge level are related to dietary intake among children under 3 years old, relared with energy and protein intake.

Well education about nutrition can improve maternal nutritional knowledge and practices significantly, that improve the growth of children. Aim: Assess the effect of mothers’ nutritional knowledge, attitude, and practices in childcare on the growth of children. Subjects and method: Design: An analytical cross-sectional study research design was conducted for 100 mothers and their children aged 6-23 months in Medical Pediatric Out-Patient Clinic in Sohag University Hospital. Tools for data collection: Four tools were used to collect the data in the current study, tool (I): A structured questionnaire that consisted of two parts: part (1): Sociodemographic characteristics of mothers of children, part (2): Demographic characteristics of children, tool (II): Anthropometric measurement tool, and tool (III): Nutrition-related KAP model questionnaires (Module 2: Feeding young children (6–23 months), and tool (IV): Modified Fahmy and ElSherbini scale. Results: it observed that a significant positive relationship was detected between knowledge, attitude, and practices and WFA (r = 0.26, P = 0.0001) and between WFH (r = 0.11, P = 0.02). In the studied young children, it was observed that 54% of young children between 6-8 months consume the recommended and 59% of young children between 9 and 23 months consume more than recommended. Conclusion: Mothers’ nutritional knowledge, attitude, and practices regarding childcare have positively affected the growth of children. Recommendations: Educational programs about balanced nutrition for children aged 6-23 should be taught to all mothers.

BACKGROUND: The conducive factor of stunting is the deficiency in nutrient intake due to the lack of quantity and quality of food consumed by the children. Children’s food consumption is strongly influenced by the mother’s nutritional knowledge and children’s feeding practices. AIM: The aims of this study were to determine the effect of providing local snacks in South Sulawesi with a substitute of snakehead fish flour (Tibus) and virtual nutrition counseling on the growth of stunting children. METHODS: The design of this study used a randomized pretest-posttest control design. The sample was divided in two groups using systematic random sampling. The first group was given local Tibus snacks and nutritional counseling virtually and the second group was only given virtual nutrition counseling. The intervention was carried out every day until 1 month. The sample of this research was mothers who have stunting children under five of age. RESULTS: Nutrition knowledge of mothers in group one increased significantly before and after intervention (63.78 ± 1.68 vs. 73.70 ±1.35 points), but this was not the case in group two. The increase in maternal nutritional knowledge was higher in group one than in group two, although it was not significant (p = 0.91). The comparison of the weight gain of children in group one versus group two was 0.37 ± 0.49 kg versus 0.07 ± 0.39 kg (p = 0.021). The increase in the height of the children in group one before and after was 84.15 ± 7.79 cm versus 85.97 ± 7.95 cm (p = 0.000). The ratio of the increase in the height of the children in group one and group two was 1.82 ± 0.94 cm versus 1.53 ± 0.68 cm (p = 0.402). CONCLUSIONS: Nutrition counseling virtual can increase nutrition knowledge. The providing of local snacks (Tibus) accompanied by virtual nutrition counseling can increase growth in body length and weight of stunting children. The efforts to accelerate prevention stunting in children under five can be done with utilization of local snacks.

Background Nutrition among people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) is essential in their care and management as it has implication for their immune function. We examined the nutritional status and associated factors among HIV positive clients accessing Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Therapy (HAART) at a public hospital in Ghana. Methods This was a descriptive cross-sectional study of 152 clients. Anthropometric measurements for weight and height were carried out in 2019. Data were analysed using SPSS 22.0. Descriptive and analytical statistics comprising frequency, percentage, and binary logistic regression were adopted in presenting the results. Results Seventy-nine percent and 74% of the clients had good nutrition knowledge and attitude, respectively. Also, 42% were malnourished (underweight = 13.8%, and overweight = 28.3%). Clients with primary (AOR = 0.36, 95% CI = 0.07–1.84), JSS/JHS (AOR = 0.26, 95% CI = 0.08–0.84), SSS/SHS (AOR = 0.22, 95% CI = 0.05–1.02) and tertiary (AOR = 0.26, 95% CI = 0.08–0.88) were less likely to be malnourished compared with those with no formal education. Those with good nutrition-related knowledge were 56% (AOR = 0.44, 95% CI = 0.18–1.09) less likely to be malnourished than those with poor knowledge; this was however, not statistically significant. Conclusion We found a high prevalence of malnutrition among the clients which militates against progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goal targets 3.3 and 3.4 of stopping AIDS epidemic and preventing premature deaths from malnutrition. Our findings justify the need for the implementation of innovative interventions by stakeholders in Ghana’s health industry to improve the nutritional status of people living with the disease.

Background: In Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMIC), including Kenya, undernutrition has been the most significant contributor to child morbidity and mortality. Knowledge and practices of mothers/caregivers have been identified as a key sustainable factor for consideration in determining the nutritional status of children. The study aim was to determine how caregiver knowledge and socio-economic status will impact on nutritional status of children under 5 years. Methods: This study was conducted in Kwale County, Kenya, to assess baseline maternal and child parameters. Seven hundred pairs; children and their primary caregivers were sampled at baseline. Results: A total of 681 households comprised of caregiver and index child pair participated in the survey from the sampled 700. Knowledge scores of food functions, breastfeeding and complementary feeding were combined to assess caregivers’ nutritional knowledge with a maximum score of 24. The median score was 11 (IQR: 9-12) and ranged from 0 to 24. Those with scores of 12 and above (50% plus) were 230 (33.2%). Stunting was 29.8% and the level of under-weight was 16.4%. No significant association was found between nutritional knowledge of the caregivers and nutritional indicators of children under 5 years, but there were significant differences (P= 0.002) in the Knowledge score of caregivers between the five wealth quintiles. Conclusion: Most of the caregivers did not have any nutritional knowledge which was assessed as knowledge of food groups and sources and functions of different foods as well as knowledge in breastfeeding and complementary feeding.

Fulfillment of nutritional intake and proper diet plays an important role in the health of both mother and fetus. Pregnant women with good nutritional knowledge can choose food intake that has good nutritional value and is balanced. Maternal nutritional status in pregnancy affects the nutritional status of the fetus. This study aims to determine the knowledge of mothers about diet during pregnancy. Method : The research method used is descriptive. Conducted at the Sambau health center, the study was conducted for 6 months, the population in this study were pregnant women in the third trimester who had their pregnancies examined at the Sambau Health Center, totaling 140 pregnant women. The sample in this study is 30 people. The sampling technique was carried out by consecutive sampling with the research instrument using a questionnaire. Result : The results showed that 18 respondents (60%) had sufficient knowledge, as many as 8 respondents (26.7%) had good knowledge and 4 respondents (13.3%) had insufficient knowledge. Conclusion : more than half of the respondents have sufficient knowledge (60%). Suggestions for respondents to increase knowledge and increase motivation or guidelines for mothers about choosing a pregnant woman's diet

Background To determine if following specific diets was associated with reporting behaviors that are consistent with disordered eating compared to non-diet-adherent athletes. We hypothesized that athletes adhering to specific diets were more likely to report disordered eating than those not following a diet. Methods One thousand female athletes (15–30 years) completed a comprehensive survey about athletic health and wellness. Athletes were asked to specify their diet and completed 3 eating disorder screening tools: the Brief Eating Disorder in Athletes Questionnaire, the Eating Disorder Screen for Primary Care, and self-reported current or past history of eating disorder or disordered eating. Descriptive statistics were calculated for all study measures and chi-squared tests assessed relationships between athletes’ dietary practices and their responses to eating disorder screening tools. Statistical significance was defined as p, Plain English summary Female athletes may follow special diets for various reasons including sociocultural practices, environmental concerns, or health and weight-management benefits. These practices may put them at risk for developing eating disorders, which peak during adolescence, and are more common among athletes. Eating disorders or disordered eating in athletes may lead to inadequate fueling or low energy availability and its subsequent health and performance-related complications, also known as Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S). It may be difficult to detect eating disorders among athletes due to the secretive nature behind these behaviors. In addition, objective information such as low weight or body mass index (BMI) may not be reliable due to their increased muscle mass. The results of this study revealed that female athletes who reported practicing special diets, especially those who follow a low-carbohydrate diet may be associated with developing eating disorders compared to female athletes who did not report any dietary restrictions. These findings should prompt healthcare providers to evaluate these individuals further in order to enhance their nutritional knowledge and help treat and prevent consequences linked to eating disorders or disordered eating.

Anemia is an indicator of poor nutrition and health. The most common cause of anemia worldwide is iron deficiency, due to a prolonged iron imbalance caused by iron intake or food intake that is not strong. Iron deficiency anemia in pregnant women can affect the growth and development of the fetus or baby during pregnancy and afterwards. Factors that influence anemia in pregnant women include knowledge and direct factors that influence the incidence of anemia in pregnant women, namely the risk of chronic energy shortage (CES). The research objective to be achieved based on the above problem formulation is to know the relationship between nutritional knowledge and chronic energy shortages with anemia in pregnant women at Alalak Selatan Health Center. The study uses a quantitative descriptive design using accidental sampling technique approach by taking respondents who come to Alalak Selatan Health Center 2. Samples used in this study as many as 57 respondents, with data analysis using the Chi Square test. The results showed a significance of 0,000

Ophthalmic nutrition education programs and good dietary patterns are of considerable significance to ocular health outcomes.The study aimed at assessing the level of ophthalmic nutrition knowledge and to compare the dietary patterns between different ophthalmic patients.Four hundred and ninety-two adults (mean age 54.7 ± 19.4-years) receiving care at three eye-care facilities in Ghana were surveyed: 171 had senile cataract, 162 had open-angle glaucoma, and 159 had healthy eyes. A modified food frequency questionnaire was administered to elicit ophthalmic nutrition knowledge and dietary intake information of participants over the last 30-days. The results were compared between the three groups.More than half of the participants (n = 267; 54.3 per cent) had received some form of education on food sources that are good for the eyes and vision, with healthy participants accounting for 50.6 per cent of this proportion. Television (55.1 per cent; 147/267), radio (49.1 per cent; 131/267) and the eye doctor (34.1 per cent; 91/267) were the most frequent sources of ophthalmic nutritional knowledge. Overall, less than one-quarter of the participants (n = 108; 22.2 per cent) were able to correctly identify one food source for at least four out of seven selected ophthalmic nutrients. Vitamin C was the most frequently consumed ophthalmic nutrient, whereas lycopene was the least taken across all groups. The average ophthalmic nutrients intake score for those with healthy eyes (59.16 [53.39-64.93]) was significantly greater than for both glaucoma patients (37.73 [32.01-43.44]) and cataract patients (34.81 [29.24-40.37]).In addition to poor ophthalmic nutrition awareness and knowledge, both cataract and glaucoma patients, compared to those with healthy eyes, consumed a lesser amount of nutrients considered vital for eye health and vision. Ophthalmic nutrition education is needed to improve eye-health outcomes.

Background: Pancreatitis is common in South India, with a 20-fold higher incidence than the West. Objectives: This study was carried out to assess the nutritional knowledge and dietary pattern of patients with pancreatitis in South India. Materials and Methods: A validated food frequency questionnaire was used to assess the dietary pattern. An authorial questionnaire (98 questions) was used to assess nutritional knowledge, attitude, and adherence to advice. The data were entered in Microsoft Excel and analyzed in SPSS version 20. Results: A total of 86 patients with pancreatitis (acute: 50, chronic: 36) were included. Of them, 13%, 45%, and 42% of the patients had 50% scores, respectively, in nutritional knowledge assessment. Fifty-nine patients perceived their nutritional knowledge to be average (46%) or above average (22%). Restricted food items were avoided by majority, such as fried snacks (34%), raw chilly (67%), garlic (88%), and coffee (48%). Intake of recommended food items like cooked vegetables (94%) was practiced, but frequencies of consuming low-fat milk (0%), egg (8%), etc., were not adequate. Seventy-three percent of the patients knew high-fat/oil consumption was detrimental. Doctor was the source of dietary advice in 92% of patients. Only 32% were satisfied with the dietary advice received. There were no significant correlations between nutritional knowledge, adherence, and factors such as age, gender, education, type of pancreatitis, and disease duration. Conclusion: The dietary pattern, nutritional knowledge, and adherence to recommendations in patients with pancreatitis are insufficient, irrespective of demographic/clinicopathological factors.

Background. In the group of school-aged children nutritional education (NE) enables an early development of healthy eating habits, which can be transferred to the adult life. Objective. The aim of the study was to assess the long-term effect of a one-time nutritional education, including also culinary workshops, on the level of nutritional knowledge (NK) of early school-aged children as well as to analyse the nutritional content of the children’s books. Material and methods. The study was conducted among second- and third-grade pupils from a primary school in Warsaw (n=76). The level of NK was determined using the same, self-administrated questionnaire at each of the three stages of the study. Results. The level of NK was assumed as very good in 47% of respondents before the education, in 91% immediately after the education, and in 74% six months after it. Out of all 23.0 points (max.) on average 18.1 points were obtained at the first stage, 21.1 points at the second stage and 19.7 points at the third stage (p

Latar belakang dan Tujuan : Obesitas adalah akumulasi lemak yang abnormal atau berlebih yang dapat menimbulkan gangguan kesehatan pada seorang individu. Berdasarkan data World Health Organization (WHO), setidaknya 2,8 juta orang meninggal setiap tahun akibat obesitas. Prevalensi obesitas pada perempuan lebih tinggi (26,9%) dibanding laki-laki (16,3%) dan menurut data hasil RISKESDAS (2013) menunjukkan prevalensi obesitas pada remaja umur 13-15 tahun di Indonesia sebesar 2.5%. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis perbedaan aktivitas fisik pada anak remaja yang obesitas dan non-obesitas di SMP Permai Pluit, Jakarta Utara. Metode dan Bahan : Penelitian ini adalah penelitian deskriptif analitik kategorik dengan pendekatan kasus dan kontrol. Sampel yang digunakan adalah seluruh siswa-siswi SMP Permai, Pluit. Penilaian tingkat aktivitas fisik menggunakan Baecke Questionnaire yang sudah dimodifikasi yang kemudian di analisis secara statistik menggunakan uji Chi square dengan menggunakan uji Fisher Exact sebagai alternatif. Seluruh responden di SMP Permai Pluit memiliki tingkat aktivitas yang beragam baik siswa maupun siswinya. Hasil : Status gizi responden di SMP Permai Pluit yang mengalami obesitas sebesar 14,44% dan didapatkan perbedaan yang signifikan antara aktivitas fisik dari remaja obes dan normal (p = 0,011) pada SMP Permai, Pluit. Derajat aktivitas fisik yang paling banyak dilakukan oleh anak remaja perempuan yang obesitas dan non-obesitas adalah intensitas sedang (34,12%) serta oleh anak remaja laki-laki yang obesitas dan yang non-obesitas adalah intensitas berat (25,98%). Kesimpulan : Terdapat hubungan antara status gizi dan aktivitas fisik terhadap responden di SMP Permai Pluit. Kata kunci: Obesitas, Status Gizi, Aktivitas Fisik

Objetivo: Comparar o ní­vel de conhecimento nutricional entre mulheres obesas e eutróficas. Métodos: Estudo transversal, amostra não probabilí­stica de mulheres obesas (n 64) e eutróficas (n 64), idade entre 19 e 60 anos. Coletou-se dados sociodemográficos, estilo de vida, antropométricos (IMC, CC), QCN e Questionário Internacional de Atividade Fí­sica (IPAQ), versão curta. Resultados: Ní­vel de conhecimento nutricional apresentado pela maioria de "moderado" (72% MO e 82,8% ME). Classificação de atividade fí­sica, a maioria das participantes de ambos os grupos se apresentaram "ativo" (59,4% MO e 70,3% ME). Quando associado o NCN e as variáveis sociodemográficas, percebeu-se associação positiva entre o ní­vel de conhecimento nutricional "moderado/alto" de ambos os grupos; renda familiar 1 a 2 salários mí­nimos (p= 0,023); estilo de vida, etilismo (p= 0,016) e atividade fí­sica classificados como "ativos". Quanto í s associações entre as variáveis antropométricas (CC e IMC), não houve associação estatisticamente significante entre os í­ndices. Conclusão: A maioria do grupo de obesas e eutróficas apresentou um ní­vel de conhecimento nutricional "moderado", sem diferenças entre os grupos, sendo este associado a maior renda familiar, maior consumo de bebida alcoólica e indiví­duos mais ativos.

Background: Nutritional status is fully determined by the nutrients the body needs and other factors that determine the amount of absorption and use of these substances. Objective: in this study to determine the relationship between infant and toddler feeding patterns, nutritional knowledge, infection status and food intake with the nutritional status of children under five in Pagelaran Village, Pandeglang. Method : The study design was cross sectional with all toddlers as respondents, aged 0 - 59 months. Result: Feeding patterns of infants and children (PMBA) with the same nutritional status as thin, thin and obese in providing food is still not right, namely 72.7 with no significant relationship where the p-value> 0.05. Meanwhile, maternal nutrition knowledge, infectious disease status and food intake related to energy intake all did not have a significant relationship where the p-value was> 0.05. Conclusion: The pattern of feeding infants and children by mothers is still not as expected, where the level of mother's knowledge is still low about how to feed babies and children (PMBA).

Background Nutritional status of adolescent girls is very crucial for their health and has a great impact on the quality of the next generation. The present study aimed to investigate the nutritional status and nutrition-related knowledge among urban adolescent girls in Bangladesh. Methods A cross-sectional study involving a total 500 of adolescent girls (aged 10-19) from four schools and colleges in Dhaka city. Socio-demographic, anthropometric and nutrition-related information was collected by semi-structured questionnaires. In addition, 24 hours food recall and food frequency questionnaire was used to assess the dietary intake. Results The ages of the early adolescent and late adolescent girls yrs (Mean ± SD) were 12±1 and 17±1 respectively. The mean (±SD) BMI of the early adolescent and late adolescent was 21.12±0.32 and 22.10±3.89 correspondingly. Among the early adolescent girls, the nutritional knowledge score was about 62% (moderate), 87% had a positive attitude and 72% had good practices in their daily lives. Whereas among the late adolescent girls, the nutritional knowledge score was about 57% (moderate), 90% showed a positive attitude and 61% had good practices. Among the subject, the average calorie intake was 1491 kcal, which was 24% lower than RDA. The Carbohydrate intake was lower than the RDA but the protein and fat intake was higher than the RDA. Conclusions The dietary intake of adolescent girls was found inadequate. Nutrition education and strong motivation can create positive changes in dietary intake. To understand the real phenomena of dietary intake of adolescent girls, further study is necessary to conduct with a large sample size.

Mojokerto is an industrial city which accounts for as much as 40% of the total female employees of reproductive age in the East Java region. The health status of pregnant women in industrial areas is something that must be considered in order to produce a superior Indonesian generation. The research design used the "Quasi-experimental pre post design" method. The sample of this study was 51 pregnant women in industrial areas. Treatment is in the form of nutrition education for pregnant women after the mother has confirmed knowledge of knowledge, nutritional behavior and Hb (hemoglobin) levels. The results showed that the knowledge of pregnant women increased 73% after increasing behavior, 78% increased behavior and increased mean Hb from 11.64 to 12.14. This study proves that the nutrition education model for pregnant women in industrial areas has a positive correlation with maternal nutritional knowledge, nutritional behavior and Hb levels of pregnant women

O ingresso de alunos na faculdade dificulta a conciliação entre os estudos e uma boa alimentação, de forma que o tempo para se alimentar fica cada vez menor. O objetivo deste estudo foi identificar o estado nutricional dos acadêmicos de nutrição no Instituto de Saúde e Biotecnologia da Universidade Federal do amazonas (ISB/UFAM), através de cálculos de índice de massa corpórea (IMC), relação cintura quadril (RCQ), parâmetro relação cintura estatura (RCE), Questionário do Recordatório 24 hora e Questionário de frequência alimentar (QFA) caracterizando-se um estudo transversal, de cunho descritivo com uma abordagem quantitativa e qualitativa. Participaram da amostra 60 alunos selecionados aleatoriamente, com grande incidência de alunos eutróficos. Em relação circunferência da Cintura identificando 18,3% da população estudada tem risco para doenças cardiovasculares e obesidade. Dentre os inquéritos a Relação Cintura – Quadril (RCQ), constatou apenas 13,3% da amostra com risco e a relação cintura–estatura foi encontrado apenas 13,3% da amostra total para doenças cardiovasculares e obesidade. Já em relação ao QFA foi encontrado baixa ingestão de alguns grupos de alimentos e no Recordatório 24 horas foram encontradas baixa ingestão de macronutrientes. Sendo assim, a alimentação dos acadêmicos de nutrição analisados foi considerada inadequada. Os resultados encontrados sugerem que o conhecimento nutricional obtidos no decorrer do curso, não é capaz de influenciar o comportamento alimentar desses acadêmicos. Palavras-chave: Estado nutricional. Acadêmicos de nutrição. Avaliação antropométrica

BACKGROUND: In Egypt, more than one in four children suffers from some degree of anemia. AIM: This study was carried out to assess and improve the nutritional knowledge and risky nutritional habits of the mothers of anemic children aged 2–12 years old in El Othmanyia village. MATERIALS AND METHODS: An interventional study was conducted among anemic children aged 2–12 years old and their mothers in El Othmanyia village, Egypt. The study passed through three stages over 1 and ½ years; pre-interventional assessment of awareness (n = 350), educational interventions targeting anemic children and their mothers, and post-interventional evaluation of change in awareness and practice. RESULTS: The mean knowledge % score of mothers increased significantly after the intervention (82.2 ± 14.2 vs. 6.3 ± 5.8, respectively). Furthermore, the mean hemoglobin of the studied children increased significantly after the intervention (11.1 ± 0.7 vs. 10.5 ± 0.7). The percent of children with anemia decreased significantly from 100% to 40.3% after the intervention (p < 0.001). CONCLUSION: The knowledge and practices of mothers are moving in a desirable direction after the health education intervention. Hence, nutrition education is an appropriate, effective, and sustainable approach to combat iron deficiency anemia. Recommendations: A multiple interventional strategies between different ministries to set policies and guidelines that support the healthy nutritional behavior among children are recommended.

Nutrition knowledge is defined as knowledge of concepts and process related to nutrition and health. It includes knowledge of diet and health, diet and disease, foods representing major source of nutrients, dietary guidelines and recommendations. It plays an important role in raising awareness and ultimately health of society. The study was conducted among 60 students (30 boys and 30 girls) from all colleges of RPCAU who were residing in University hostel and studying in seventh semester. In order to extract relevant information a schedule was developed for personal interview. It was pretested before the start of the research work. For testing the nutritional knowledge, 138 questions related to nutrition impacting health were asked through developed interview schedule. To assess the nutritional status anthropometric and clinical examination were evaluated by personal meeting. Haemoglobin level was estimated by Sahli?s method through expert lab technician. Significant difference in the knowledge level between boys and girls was observed. Knowledge level of girls was better in comparison to boys. Majority of both boys (86.66%) and girls (63.33%) were within normal BMI range. Among girls there was the case of underweight (23.33%) and overweight (13.34%). Though the percentage of underweight and overweight was opposite to the girls among boys, still there was a vast difference between underweight percentage of girls (23.33%) and boys(3.33%). majority of male and females students (28.33 & 26.66 %) having haemoglobin level in the range of 10-12g/dl followed by 21.66 percent of male comes in the range of 12-16g/dl. In case of female students, 21.66 percent having haemoglobin level in the range of 8-10g/dl and 1.66 percent in the range of 6-8g/dl. Correlation was found between nutritional knowledge and haemoglobin level of the students. Boys were having less nutrition knowledge that clearly showed negative impact on their health. Hence, it recommended that the knowledge of

Consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages in adolescents is still high, because of the sinful lifestyle, like not getting enough sleep and high screen time. The study aims to determine the relationship of nutritional knowledge, the role of parents, duration of sleep, and screen time with the level of consumption of sweetened-beverage. This study used a cross-sectional design with systematic random sampling. The number of subjects was on 165 students of class VII and VIII of Junior High School 11 Jakarta. Data nutritional knowledge, parental roles, sleep duration, and screen time were obtained from interviews using a questionnaire. The level of consumption of sweetened drinks was obtained from interviews using Semi-Quantitative Food Frequency Questionnaires (SQ-FFQ). Most subjects had a high level of consumption of sweet-beverages (60.6%), good nutritional knowledge (64.8%), the role of parents is classified at risk (50.9%), less duration of sleep (77%) and high screen time (72.1%). There was a relationship between nutritional knowledge, sleep duration, and screen time with the level of consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages. Keywords: Nutritional Knowledge, Screen Time, Sleep Duration, Sugar-Sweetened Beverage

A obesidade é apontada como uma epidemia global que desencadeia consequências como o aumento de morbidades, maior risco de desenvolver doenças metabólicas, cardiovasculares, hepáticas, câncer, diabetes, entre outras. O conhecimento sobre nutrição e alimentação saudável em crianças e adolescentes é uma das alternativas que se destacam para prevenção. Assim, este artigo apresenta a avaliação da aprendizagem resultante da aplicação do jogo Nutrikids. Tal jogo foi desenvolvido para aumentar o conhecimento nutricional em crianças e adolescentes. Para isso, foi realizado um estudo quase-experimental randomizado por grupo com 105 alunos de 9 a 12 anos de duas escolas públicas brasileiras, os quais foram divididos no Grupo Aula que recebeu informações através de aulas expositivas (n = 51) e o Grupo Jogo que recebeu as mesmas informações pelo jogo Nutrikids (n = 54) que receberam intervenção durante um mês, com frequência de uma vez por semana durante trinta minutos. Para avaliar o conhecimento nutricional os grupos realizaram um pré-teste antes do início da intervenção e um pós-teste ao final. Observou-se que ambos os grupos aumentaram seu conhecimento nutricional e que o Grupo Jogo obteve maior tamanho de efeito na aprendizagem e melhor avaliação independentemente do sexo. Assim, a utilização do jogo Nutrikids mostrou ser mais efetiva para o ensino de conhecimento nutricional quando comparada a aulas tradicionais expositivas. /// Obesity is identified as a global epidemic that triggers consequences such as increased morbidities, increased risk of developing metabolic, cardiovascular, liver diseases, cancer, diabetes, among others. Knowledge about nutrition and healthy eating in children and adolescents is one of the alternatives that stand out for its prevention. Thus, this paper presents the assessment of learning resulting from the application of the Nutrikids game. This game was developed to increase nutritional knowledge in children and adolescents. To this end, a quasi-experimental study randomized by group was carried out with 105 students aged 9 to 12 years old from two Brazilian public schools, which were divided into the Lecture Group that received information through lectures (n = 51) and the Game Group who received the same information through the Nutrikids game (n = 54) who received intervention for a month, often once a week for thirty minutes. To assess nutritional knowledge, both groups underwent a pre-test before the start of the intervention and a post-test at the end. It was observed that both groups increased their nutritional knowledge and that the Game Group had a larger effect on learning and better evaluation regardless of gender. Thus, the use of the Nutrikids game proved to be more effective for teaching nutritional knowledge when compared to traditional expository classes.

In many developing countries, malnutrition has remained one of the leading causes of childhood morbidity and mortality. This is particularly important for vulnerable groups, including preschool toddlers who require adequate nutrition for physical and mental stability to face the new challenge of initiation into academic life. This study was aimed at assessing and comparing knowledge and practice of preschool feeding among mothers in urban and slum areas in Calabar, Nigeria using cross-sectional study design with researcher-administered structured questionnaire. One hundred and twenty (120) subjects were surveyed, with mean maternal age of 26.5 ± 3.4 years. Subjects in slum compared with urban areas had lower levels of education (primary level: 33.3% vs. 15.0%) (p

Little is known about the nutritional knowledge of children in Kuwait and school-based nutrition interventions are scarce. No validated tool to assess the nutrition knowledge of schoolchildren in Kuwait is available.This study determined the validity and reliability of a nutrition knowledge questionnaire in Kuwaiti primary-school children, and measured children's nutrition knowledge before and after a nutrition awareness intervention.The questionnaire included five questions to measure nutritional knowledge. The face and content validity were assessed by nutrition and paediatric experts. To assess questionnaire reliability and nutrition knowledge, 642 schoolchildren (8-12 years) were assigned to an intervention, control or reliability group. Each group completed the questionnaire twice, one or two weeks apart. Students in the intervention group attended a nutrition knowledge presentation before completing the questionnaire the second time. Independent and paired samples t-tests were used to assess score differences between and within the intervention and control groups for changes in nutrition knowledge. Pearson correlation coefficients were used to measure score consistency in the reliability group.Overall, the questionnaire had good content validity and moderate to strong reliability (r = 0.44, P0.001). Students in the intervention group had significantly higher mean nutritional knowledge scores after the intervention (from 3.65 (SD 1.03) to 4.20 (SD 1.02); P = 0.17). Control group scores were mostly unchanged.The Kuwait child nutrition knowledge questionnaire is a valid and reliable tool to assess nutritional knowledge in schoolchildren in Kuwait. Nutrition knowledge of Kuwaiti schoolchildren should be improved using age-appropriate interventions in school.صحة وموثوقية واستخدام استبيان تقييم المعرفة الغذائية للأطفال في الكويت.نادين إبراهيم، ديمة القائد، فاطمة إسماعيل، رلى بركه.لا يتوافر قدر كبير من المعلومات حول مستوى المعرفة التغذوية لدى الأطفال في الكويت والتدخلات التغذوية المدرسية اللازم القيام بها. كما لا تتوافر أداة مُازة لتقييم المعلومات التغذوية لدى أطفال المدارس في الكويت.هدفت هذه الدراسة إلى تحديد موثوقية وعيارية استبيان المعلومات التغذوية لدى أطفال المدراس الابتدائية في الكويت، وقاست المعرفة التغذوية لدى الأطفال قبل القيام بتدخل لرفع الوعي التغذوي وبعد القيام به.اشتمل الاستبيان على خمسة أسئلة لقياس المعلومات التغذوية. وقام خبراء في التغذية والأطفال بتقييم الصحة الظاهرية للاستبيان وصحة محتواه. ولتقييم عيارية الاستبيان والمعرفة التغذوية، وُزِّع 642 طفلا من أطفال المدارس (تتراوح أعمارهم بين 8 سنوات و 12 سنة) على مجموعة التدخل، أو المجموعة الضابطة، أو مجموعة العيارية. واستكملت كل مجموعة الاستبيان مرتين، يفصل بين كل منهما أسبوع أو أسبوعان. وحضر الطلبة في مجموعة التدخل محاضرة حول التوعية التغذوية قبل استكمال الاستبيان للمرة الثانية. واستُخدمت اختبارات لعينات مستقلة وعينات مزدوجة لتقييم الفروق في الدرجات بين مجموعة التدخل والمجموعة الضابطة وداخل كل منهما لبيان التغيرات التي طرأت على المعرفة التغذوية. واستُخدمت معاملات ترابط "بيرسون" لقياس اتساق الدرجات في مجموعة العيارية.بصورة عامة، تضمن الاستبيان موثوقية جيدة من حيث المحتوى وعيارية تتراوح بين متوسطة إلى قوية (0.001p ;0.44 = r)،. حقق الطلبة في مجموعة التدخل درجات أعلى بكثير في المعرفة التغذوية بعد إجراء التدخل من 3.65 (بانحراف معياري 1.03) إلى 4.20 (بانحراف معياري 1.02)؛ (0.05p)، وكانت درجات المجموعة الضابطة في معظمها ثابتة لم تتغير.يعد استبيان المعرفة التغذوية لدى الأطفال في الكويت وسيلة موثوقة وعيارية لقياس المعلومات التغذوية لدى أطفال المدارس في الكويت. ينبغي تحسين المعرفة التغذوية لدى أطفال المدارس في الكويت باستخدام التدخلات الملائمة للسنّ في المدرسة.Validité, fiabilité et utilité d’un questionnaire d’évaluation des connaissances des enfants en matière de nutrition au Koweït.Peu d’informations sont disponibles sur les connaissances des enfants koweïtiens en matière de nutrition, et les interventions d’éducation nutritionnelle dans les écoles sont rares. Aucun outil validé permettant d’évaluer les connaissances des écoliers koweïtiens à cet égard n’est disponible.La présente étude visait à déterminer la validité et la fiabilité d’un questionnaire d’évaluation des connaissances en matière de nutrition auprès d’écoliers du cycle primaire au Koweït, et à mesurer les connaissances des enfants à cet égard avant et après une intervention de connaissance nutritionnelle.Le questionnaire comportait cinq questions visant à évaluer le niveau de connaissance nutritionnelle. La validité apparente et de contenu du questionnaire a été évaluée par des experts en pédiatrie et en nutrition. Afin de mesurer la fiabilité du questionnaire et le niveau de connaissance en matière de nutrition, 642 écoliers (âgés de 8 à 12 ans) ont été répartis en trois groupes : un groupe d’intervention, un groupe témoin et un groupe servant à garantir la fiabilité. Chaque groupe a répondu deux fois au questionnaire, à une ou deux semaines d’intervalle. Les écoliers du groupe d’intervention ont assisté à une présentation sur la nutrition avant de répondre une deuxième fois au questionnaire. Des tests t d’échantillons appariés et indépendants ont été utilisés pour évaluer les différences de scores entre le groupe d’intervention et le groupe témoin et au sein de ces deux groupes dans le but d’interpréter l’évolution des connaissances nutritionnelles. Les coefficients de corrélation de Pearson ont été utilisés pour mesurer la cohérence des scores dans le groupe de fiabilité.Globalement, le questionnaire présentait une bonne validité de contenu et une fiabilité moyenne à élevée (r = 0,44, p0,001). Les écoliers du groupe d’intervention avaient des scores de connaissance nutritionnelle beaucoup plus élevés suite à l’intervention (passant de 3,65 (E.T. 1,03) à 4,20 (E.T. 1,02) ; p = 0,17). Les scores du groupe témoin étaient en grande partie restés inchangés.Le questionnaire d’évaluation des connaissances des enfants koweïtiens en matière de nutrition constitue un outil valide et fiable pour mesurer le niveau de connaissance nutritionnelle des écoliers au Koweït. Des interventions adaptées à l’âge devraient être organisées dans les écoles afin d’améliorer le niveau de connaissance des écoliers koweïtiens en matière de nutrition.

This study investigated the level of nutritional knowledge among undergraduate students in Edo state. Ignorance of the nutritional value of food is widespread especially in the rapidly growing urban populations, undergraduate students are not left out. Ignorance of nutritional value lead to faulty food selection which can result to obesity, diabetes mellitus, hypertension and stroke latter of life. The sample size comprised of three hundred and ninety-seven (397) undergraduate students in Edo state. Random sampling technique was used in selecting the respondents for the study. Structured questionnaire was used for data collection. Data was analyzed using mean and standard deviation, while t- test was used to analyze the two (2) research questions of the study. Findings revealed that more than half of the respondents have medium level of nutritional knowledge while less than half of the respondents have high level of nutritional knowledge. Further results revealed that both male and female students had equal level of nutritional knowledge. Based on the findings, the researchers concluded that both male and female undergraduate student do not have equal level of nutritional knowledge. Also, most undergraduate students do not have adequate nutritional knowledge. The researchers recommended amongst others that the Government should enlighten the public regularly on good nutrition through media. Students should eat more of natural foods and avoid processed foods. In general, students should consume balanced diet to enable them achieve their academic goal.

Youth groups who work as dancers are prone to malnutrition. The leaner body shape is considered to make it easier to move so that teens tend to limit food intake in order to achieve ideal body shape. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship of perceptions of body shape, eating disorders, nutritional knowledge, and food intake with nutritional status in adolescent girls in Ayodya Pala. This research was conducted in May 2019 at the Ayodya Pala. The research was a cross-sectional study. This study used a total sampling technique, which means that the total population was the subject of research. The result showed that 58% of subjects had poor nutritional status, 50,8% of subjects had negative perceptions of body shape, 57,1% of subjects had eating disorders, 55,6% of subjects had less knowledge of nutrition. More than 50% of subjects were lack of energy and macronutrient intake. In conclusion, there was a significant relationship (p=0,000) between body shape perception, eating disorders, nutritional knowledge, and food intake with nutritional status. Keywords: Body Shape Perception, Food Intake, Eating Disorders, Nutritional Knowledge, Nutritional Status

Family caregivers play a critical role in dietary care and the nutritional status of people with dementia. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of a family care-based dementia dieta...

PurposeThe purpose of this study was to assess the nutritional behavior regarding the frequency of consumption of the main types of food by pregnant women attending antenatal classes in comparison to non-attendees.Design/methodology/approachA questionnaire survey was conducted in Poland among 200 women in the first pregnancy, 100 of whom were attending antenatal classes and 100 were non-attendees.FindingsWomen attending antenatal classes exhibited more favorable health-related nutritional behaviors in comparison with those not attending. Attendees eat more vegetables and milk products whereas non-attendees declared more processed meat and sweets consumption. Three-fourth of non-attendees and two-fourth of attendees considered their diet as good. It was also found that the level of physical activity of pregnant women attending antenatal classes was significantly higher than among those who did not attend such classes.Research limitations/implicationsA limitation of the study was that it took place in Poland and voices from women of other European countries as well as diverse ethnicities were not represented. In addition, women were interviewed only during their pregnancy, and therefore it was not possible to investigate women's nutritional behaviors after delivery.Practical implicationsThis research shows clearly that attending antenatal classes may involve with a beneficial effect on the nutritional behavior of pregnant women. It is expected that once established healthy nutritional habits should be practiced further.Originality/valueThis research is the indication of the important role of antenatal classes in developing more favorable health-related dietary behavior expressed by the participants. To our knowledge in Poland, it is the first time that the nutritional behavior of pregnant women attending and not attending antenatal classes were examined and compared. So far in Poland, the extent and type of nutritional education received by pregnant women across antenatal care has not been examined. This research can contribute to a broader recognition of nutritional knowledge and practice of pregnant women important for the health of mother and her baby.

Background: Ward staff often lack basic nutritional knowledge in the care of artificially fed patients. Clinical guidelines and training aim to improve nutritional perceptions and maintain patient safety. Aim: To evaluate the level of nutritional knowledge and competencies among ward staff and improve the standard of teaching available to healthcare professionals. Method: A staff questionnaire was piloted to measure content validity and evaluate study objectives. Nine questions were thought to be essential standards in the care and management of both enteral and parenteral patients. Four multiple-choice and five open-ended questions were used. Results: A 100% response rate was achieved from nine nurses and one doctor. They had been qualified for an average of 3.3 years (range 1–6, median 2), and their nutritional knowledge was defined as acceptable. Conclusion: Guidelines and recommendations were not being implemented, and nutritional care of patients was a low priority. Health professionals need to be more aware of the role of the nutrition support team to prevent role ambiguity.

Introdução - Um dos principais causadores de obesidade e adoecimento da população é o desconhecimento dos bons hábitos nutricionais ou a não aderência a eles. Objetivo: Avaliar a efetividade de um programa de educação nutricional sobre o conhecimento de pacientes hipertensos e/ou diabéticos. Métodos: Estudo prospectivo, com amostra de 36 indivíduos, adultos e idosos de ambos os sexos, divididos igualmente em dois grupos (com e sem exposição à intervenção da nutricionista no programa de alimentação saudável). Os pacientes foram comparados quanto ao conhecimento nutricional por meio de questionários validados além de dados sociodemográficos e antropométricos. Resultados: O grupo com intervenção foi composto por (n=18) e o sem intervenção por (n=18). Em relação ao estado nutricional avaliado pelo IMC, 27,8% (n=10) apresentavam sobrepeso e 47,2% obesidade (n=17). O resultado do conhecimento nutricional da amostra total foi 52,8% moderado e 38,9% alto apesar de a maioria não ter concluído o ensino fundamental. Em relação ao IMC, destaca-se que os pacientes com sobrepeso e obesidade mostraram conhecimento nutricional de moderado a alto (sobrepeso com conhecimento nutricional moderado 70% e obesidade com conhecimento nutricional alto, 64.7%). Conclusão: Concluímos que os pacientes com diagnóstico de hipertensão e diabetes mellitus apresentaram moderado e alto conhecimento nutricional tendo o grau de escolaridade como fator principal na pontuação do Questionário de Conhecimento Nutricional. Contudo, este conhecimento não refletiu em modificações no comportamento alimentar.

Objective The study aimed to assess nutritional practice and its associated factors among lactating mothers in Kombolcha Town, South Wollo Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia, 2017. Design and setting A community-based cross-sectional study design supplemented with qualitative research was conducted at Kombolcha Town from October 23 to November 10, 2017. A systematic sampling technique was used to select the study participants from listed households and purposive sampling was used for the qualitative inquiry. Participants A total of 425 lactating mothers were interviewed using a pre-tested structured questionnaire. The data were analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 23. For the qualitative data, thematic content analysis was used. Multiple logistic regression was used to evaluate the association between nutritional practice with independent variables. The results Lactating mothers who had good nutritional practice and knowledge were 28.7% (95% CI: 24.9%, 33.5%) and 52.0% (95% CI: 47.1%, 57.6%) respectively. This study revealed that government-employed mothers (AOR=6.0, 95% CI: 1.953, 18.485) and mothers with good nutritional knowledge (AOR=3.12, 95% CI: 1.832, 5.318) had statistically significant associations with nutritional practices of lactating mothers. Conclusions and recommendations The nutritional practices and knowledge of lactating mothers were low in the study area. The mother's occupation and nutritional knowledge were significantly associated with nutritional practice. Hence, the provision of maternal nutritional education regarding a healthy diet, and timely and regular dissemination of nutritional information were recommended.

Background Workplace nutrition has been identified as a priority setting that can significantly reduce cardiovascular diseases (CVD) risk factors. This study was conducted as a part of the workplace education program to improve nutritional practices and cardiometabolic status in industrial personnel. Methods The present research was a randomized controlled field trial conducted on employees of a regional petrochemical company. The health-related priorities of the program were defined and addressed in the study in which 104 employees with dyslipidemia were randomly divided into two groups of education and control. Data were collected pre- and post-intervention, using valid and reliable multi-session questionnaires on demographic data, nutritional knowledge, and nutritional intake. Anthropometric measures, serum FBS, HbA1C, hs-CRP and homocysteine (Hcy) were assessed in both groups. In the education group, the nutrition program included five educational workshops about healthy nutrition and regular exercise along with educational messages over a 3-month period. The controls did not receive any education during the study. Results There were no statistically significant differences between the two groups regarding the baseline variables. The education group significantly improved their nutritional knowledge (p p Conclusion Workplace nutrition education programs can improve knowledge and reduce important CVD risk factors.

Background Lack of nutritional knowledge, inadequate nutritional practice and under nutrition in HIV positive mothers contribute to accelerate the progression of HIV/AIDS. Methods An institutional based cross-sectional study was conducted on nutritional knowledge, practice and status among 394 HIV positive mothers by systematic sampling techniques in Abay Choman health centers from February 2019 to August 2019. Structured and pre-tested questionnaires were used to collect data and analysis was done using SPSS for windows version 22.0. Binary and multiple logistic regressions were computed to identify the presence of association at p

Objective: The objective of the study is to determine the nutritional knowledge and clinical practices of medical doctors regarding nutrition in cirrhosis patients in a multicentre study. Methods: This multi-centre cross-sectional knowledge and practice (KAP) study was conducted from January 2020 to March 2020 and comprised of physicians working in wards, Out Patient and Emergency Departments. The participants were interviewed using a self-generated structured questionnaire after adequate literature review. The data was analysed using SPSS 16.0. Results: Of the 92 participants, 52 (56.5%) were males, the mean age of the physicians was 28.3 ± 4 years with mean years in service of 3.7 ± 3 years. The mean score obtained was 5.8 ± 2.1 (out of 13). An alarmingly low percentage (35.9%) of physicians had received formal training, 29.3% were giving regular nutritional counselling and 52.2% wrongly believed in the implementation of restricted diets. Salt, water and lipids/oils were incorrectly considered to be avoided in decompensated patients in the percentages of 61%, 49% and 24%, respectively. Mean knowledge scores varied significantly for physicians dealing with cirrhosis patients on daily basis and those who received formal training. Gender, number of service years and physicians providing counselling on regular basis (without proper training) did not impact the scores significantly. Conclusion: The nutritional knowledge of our medical doctors regarding cirrhosis is sub-optimal, the clinical practices adopted are not evidence based and the clinical assessment with nutritional counselling lack vigour and consistency. Continuous...

Nutritional knowledge, attitudes and practice (KAP) may guide healthy meal choices. Here, nutritional KAP was compared across school students in Sabah based on locality and gender. A cross-sectional survey of students aged 15–19 years was conducted using multistage sampling. Nutritional KAP was measured via questionnaire. Anthropometric measures of weight and height were taken in person to calculate body mass index (BMI). Among the 994 participants, 80% were urban and 60% were female (mean age 16.5 ± 0.6 yr). Most were of Kadazan-Dusun (23%) ethnicity. Measured height for age Z score (HAZ) and BMI for age Z score (BAZ) differed between urban and rural students (−1.2 ± 0.8 versus −1.5 ± 0.7 for HAZ, p &lt, 0.001, 0.2 ± 1.4 versus −0.1 ± 1.3, p = 0.02, respectively). No difference in nutritional knowledge was found, although urban students prioritized having a healthy/balanced diet (59.55% versus 48.50%, p = 0.03) and ate daily breakfast (57.4% versus 10.2%, p &lt, 0.001) compared to rural. Females scored higher on nutritional knowledge than males (18.9 ± 2.8 vs. 18.1 ± 3.4, respectively, p = 0.0001), yet males selected more healthy/balanced foods (63.3% versus 53.3%, p = 0.041). The gap remains between nutritional KAP and translating this to healthy eating among adolescents, related to locality and gender.

Introduction Food insecurity during young adulthood affects physical health, mental health, and academic performance. However, little is known about parental and behavioral factors during childhood that may contribute to risk of food insecurity during young adulthood. Methods Data were obtained from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics’ Child Development Supplement (1997–2017). In 2018–2019, a balanced panel was constructed of individuals who were aged 0–12 years in 1997 (n=1,049) and were living independently as of 2015. Simple and multivariable logistic regression analyses were used to examine the effect of parental nutritional knowledge, childhood food preparation, and food shopping involvement on food insecurity in 2015–2017, adjusting for individual- and family-level factors. Results Children whose parents had medium (OR=0.39, 95% CI=0.17, 0.93) or high (OR=0.38, 95% CI=0.19, 0.76) nutritional knowledge, compared with low nutritional knowledge, had lower odds of being food insecure when they reached young adulthood. In fully adjusted models, high levels of time spent preparing food during childhood were associated with lower odds of food insecurity in young adulthood (OR=0.47, 95% CI=0.26, 0.84) compared with individuals who spent no time in food preparation. Time spent food shopping during childhood did not predict food insecurity in young adulthood. Conclusions Spending time in food preparation during childhood and high parental nutritional knowledge each have a protective effect against food insecurity during young adulthood. Greater investment in teaching cooking skills during childhood may be beneficial, particularly for individuals at high risk for food insecurity.