To assess the effect of nutrition education on the eating habits
that may predispose undergraduates to cancer, a quasi-
experimental study was carried out in a representative sample of
undergraduates aged 16 to 25 years in two Universities in South-
west Nigeria. A sample of 436 participants (males and females)
was randomly selected from both universities (1 control group; 1
experimental group). Participants eating habits was assessed
before nutrition education intervention by having a focussed
group discussion and responding to a 19-item self-developed food
frequency scale (pretest). Nutrition education intervention was
given to the experimental group for 8 weeks and the control
group had a placebo. The effect of nutrition education on eating
habits was measured immediately and 8 weeks after intervention
using the pretest scale (posttest). Data analysis was employed
using SPSS version 15; independent t-test, ANCOVA, using the
pretest as the covariate to measure the effect of the
intervention. Nutrition educati