Waleed Abdulaziz Altwaijri, Tuline A Almazyad, Yara Ahmad Abuzaid, Jumanah Nasser Alkhater, Dalal M Ashmawi, Ghadah Khalid Alnami, Lujain A Almazyad, Sadeem Khalid Alnami, Rawan Ahmad Abuzaid, Lujeen Nasser Alkhater
Parental awareness of headaches among elementary school-aged children in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: A cross-sectional studyz
Journal of family medicine and primary care
primary schools contribute promoting healthy eating behaviour preventing overweight obesity providing nutrition education research highlights importance improving teachers programme implementation enhance intervention effectiveness integrative approach suggested reduce time barriers teachers currently experience teaching nutrition scoping review explores use effectiveness integrative teaching primaryschoolbased nutrition education programmes six databases searched primaryschoolbased interventions nutrition education papers reporting integration nutrition topics within core curriculum included abstracts full texts potentially relevant articles screened determine eligibility next data extracted tabulated findings collated summarised describe intervention characteristics subject integration effectiveness included programmes data describing integration nutrition primary school curriculum extracted 39 eligible papers nutrition education programmes often involve lessons food groups frequently embedded within mathematics science literacy syllabus although articles report integration nutrition use approach commonly described detail seven papers discussed student outcomes related integration nutrition education within core subjects ability draw strong conclusions schoolbased nutrition intervention effectiveness limited current lack programme description methodological issues hence research warranted inform evidence effectiveness integrative nutrition education teacher student outcomes future studies include greater detail regarding integrative approach needed