Safa H Alkalash, Faisal H Alnashri, Amnah I Alnashri, Khadijah A Alghubayshi, Manar A Alsumaydi, Wael S Alzubaidi, Sarah M Alshuqayfi, Fuad M Alkudaysi, Naeem F Qusty
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acquainted nutritional recommendations necessarily imply fully understood applied correctly planning adequate diet determine whether children recognise single portion sizes various foodstuffs test ability planning daily menu accordance guidelines food nutrition pyramid subjects survey n 100 children aged 1011 years attending two elementary schools warsaw piaseczno school warsaw participated two national education programmes food nutrition ie fruit school glass milk whilst participate programmes study tool questionnaire consisting closed questions together practical exercises planning dietary balanced menu using food nutrition pyramid recommendations children could easily recognise single portion sizes 73 correct replies however found difficult plan suitable menu 60 met given specifications ie numbers different food type portions menu diversity number meals well taking physical activity account girls significantly better planning menus also found compared guidelines wheat dairy products vegetables fats underrepresented whereas meat fruit chosen excess nearly 80 menus sufficiently diverse 48 composed typicalnormal selection foodstuffs despite provided guidelines preparing appropriate menus children failed task likely due either fully understanding instructions lack skills adopting food nutrition pyramid recommendations thus necessary give comprehensive explanations teaching nutrition school lessons well letting children practice practical aspects