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标题：Nutrition education improves knowledge and BMI-for-age in Ghanaian school-aged children
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作者：Reginald A Annan ; Charles Apprey ; Godwin O Agyemang 等
期刊名称：African Health Sciences
印刷版ISSN：1680-6905
电子版ISSN：1729-0503
出版年度：2021
卷号：21
期号：2
页码：927-941
DOI：10.4314/ahs.v21i2.55
语种：English
出版社：Makerere University Medical School（Uganda)
摘要：Background Adequate nutrition is required for growth and development in children. This study tested the effectiveness of nutrition education on knowledge and BMI-for-age (BFA) of school-aged children in the Kumasi Metropolis. Methods Children, aged 9–13 years old were recruited from ten randomly selected primary schools in the Metropolis. The schools were randomly allocated into 3 groups: nutrition education (3 schools), physical activity (PA) education (3 schools), both interventions (2 schools), or control (2 schools). Following a baseline nutrition and PA knowledge and status assessment in 433 children, twice-monthly nutrition and PA education and demonstrations were carried out for 6 months, followed by a post-intervention assessment. Results PA and nutrition knowledge improved in all groups (P<0.001); the highest improvement was among those who received both interventions (31.0%), followed by the nutrition education group (29.8%), and the least, the control group (19.1%). Overall, BFA improved by +0.36, from baseline (-0.26) to end of the intervention (+0.10, P<0.001). Within the groups, the nutrition group (+0.65, P<.001) had the highest improvement, then, both the intervention group (+0.27, P<0.001), the PA group (+0.23, P<0.001) and lastly, the control group (+0.18, P=0.001). Conclusion Nutrition education could improve knowledge and BMI-for-age in school-aged children in Ghana.
关键词：enSchool-aged children;nutrition education;BMI-for-age;nutrition knowledge;basic school