Educational intervention improved understanding of balanced nutrition among 30 adolescent girls, highlighting the importance of healthy eating habits and teacher involvement.
Key Points
Core finding shows a significant increase in students' understanding of balanced nutrition, evidenced by knowledge score rising from 40% to 87%.
Participants learned key aspects of balanced nutrition, including meal composition, breakfast importance, and fast food restrictions.
The intervention utilized interactive counseling with leaflets, pre-tests, post-tests, and evaluations to measure knowledge gains effectively.
This successful model of school-based nutritional education can be replicated in other regions to promote health-focused initiatives supporting sustainable development goals.