?ndrani Kalkan|Fatma Feyzan Aydin
Effect of a Short Nutritional Training Program on Nutrition Literacy and Food Habits in Adolescents
Istanbul Ayd?n University|Istanbul Ayd?n University
objective balanced nutrition special importance adolescence however eating behaviors may negatively influenced stage due several factors objective research investigate effect nutrition training program nutrition literacy level food habits group adolescentsmethod adolescent nutritional literacy scale anls adolescent food habits checklist afhc used determine nutrition literacy level food habits 200 highschool students istanbul september 2018 april 2019 effect face face training 8 hrs 4 weeks nutrition related topics investigated nutrition literacy level food habits studentsresults mean age students 15 066 years 57 comprised females anls afhc scores general higher females however difference statistically significant p amplt005 pretest scores average adolescent nutrition literacy anls score males 331 50 remained unchanged training females however significantly decreased 356 344 p amplt005 19 afhc scores decreased significantly 980 894 males 1003 934 females p amplt005 following training conclusion short nutritional training sufficiently effective reflecting positive change nutrition literacy level food habits among adolescents possible reasons investigated depth comprehensive longer training provided increase nutritional awareness