%0 Journal Article
%T Develop a Participatory Model in Nutrition Education to Prevent Childhood Obesity
%A Louisa Ming Yan Chung
%A Joanne Wai Yee Chung
%J Health
%P 466-475
%@ 1949-5005
%D 2015
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/health.2015.74055
%X Purpose: To investigate the effect of nutrition education and the engagement of students, parents and teachers in addressing school-specific environmental influences in eating problem. Design: This study adopted the action research process of diagnosing, action planning, taking action, evaluating, and specifying learning. Each of obese and non-obese male and female students was randomly selected based on physical screening based on obesity criteria. Dietary intake records were taken over seven days as the pre-intervention period. These four students, one of each of their parents and the teacher from the primary school, were given 3 sessions of nutrition education. After the nutrition education, dietary intake records were taken over the subsequent 7 days as the post-intervention period. Lunch observation and lunch menu review were included to identify eating problem of primary school children in school level. Findings: Students were found to consume less whole grains and more food items belonged to the ¡°limited¡± and ¡°strongly discouraged¡± as set in government lunch guidelines. Students¡¯ dietary intakes before and after the nutrition education were found improved in their energy intake (p = 0.012), total fat, saturated fat, calcium, sodium, and cholesterol. Conclusion: A participatory model in elementary nutrition education could be effective.
%K Action Research
%K Nutrition Education
%K Childhood Obesity
%K A Participatory Model
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=55810