Leslie Noemi Vasquez-Mamani, Lucero Abigail Cueva-Calizaya, Norma Del Carmen Gálvez-Díaz, Jacksaint Saintila, Yaquelin E Calizaya-Milla
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Abstract
Background: Anemia and obesity are significant public health challenges among adolescents, often linked to inadequate nutritional knowledge, attitudes, and practices. Educational interventions targeting these factors may play a crucial role in improving adolescent health outcomes.
Objective: To determine the impact of a nutrition education program on the levels of knowledge, attitudes, and dietary practices, anthropometric parameters and hemoglobin in Peruvian adolescents.
Methods: A pre-experimental study was conducted among Peruvian adolescents between 12 and 18 years of age from an educational institution located in eastern Lima, Peru. Body mass index/age (BMI/age), waist circumference (WC), hemoglobin (Hb) levels, and a self-reported questionnaire were assessed. A nutrition education intervention was conducted for 16 weeks.
Results: After the implementation of the program, a significant improvement in knowledge scores (84.4%, p < 0.001), attitudes (59.1%, p < 0.001), and practices (47.7%, p < 0.001) scores was observed. BMI/age scores decreased by 3.1% (p < 0.001). Similarly, WC scores showed a significant decrease of 1.0% (p < 0.001). Hb levels increased significantly by 3.25% (p < 0.001) in women, but not in men.
Conclusion: This study showed that nutrition education programs could improve knowledge, attitudes, and dietary practices, BMI/age, WC, and Hb scores in Peruvian adolescents.
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The Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare (JMDH) aims to represent and publish research in healthcare areas delivered by practitioners of different disciplines. This includes studies and reviews conducted by multidisciplinary teams as well as research which evaluates or reports the results or conduct of such teams or healthcare processes in general. The journal covers a very wide range of areas and we welcome submissions from practitioners at all levels and from all over the world. Good healthcare is not bounded by person, place or time and the journal aims to reflect this. The JMDH is published as an open-access journal to allow this wide range of practical, patient relevant research to be immediately available to practitioners who can access and use it immediately upon publication.
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