Predictability of School Principals’ Leadership Orientation for Their Intentions of Implementing Nutrition Education

Healthy food behavior is closely linked with children’s physical and academic well-being. Nutrition education programs continue to be quite effective in educating students about their nutritional food intake. School principals’ leadership role in implementing nutrition education remains pivotal. This quantitative research study aimed to determine the predictive capability of school principals’ leadership orientation for their intentions toward implementing nutrition education. Data were collected from randomly selected 278 secondary school principals. The results indicated that school principals had positive intentions toward implementing nutrition education in their schools. Their leadership frame had a significant predictive capability about their intent to implement nutrition education.