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1Department of Human Kinetics and Health Education, Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, Ekiti, Nigeria.
Objective:
To determine the effectiveness of healthy eating songs (HES) in improving adolescents' healthy eating knowledge, attitude, and practice.
Design:
Pretest-posttest quasi-experimental nonequivalent group design. Students from 2 of the selected schools (n = 37 and n = 35) received nutrition education using conventional classroom instruction and HES, whereas the other 2 (n = 30 and n = 31) received theirs using conventional classroom instruction only.
Setting:
Ibadan, Nigeria.
Participants:
A total of 133 students selected from 4 junior secondary schools participated in the study.
Main Outcome Measures:
Changes in healthy eating knowledge, attitude, and practice at the school level.
Analysis:
Independent t tests were used for analyzing summary data, whereas the linear mixed model was used to analyze the fixed effects of predictor variables at P < 0.05.
Results:
Nutrition education had a significant effect on knowledge (F = 65.7, P < 0.001), attitude (F = 85.2, P < 0.001), and practice (F = 131.5, P < 0.001). Improvement in knowledge, attitude, and practice was observed in both groups. However, the intervention group performed better than the comparison group in knowledge (95% confidence interval [CI], -0.1 to 2.8), attitude (95% CI, 1.7-9.7), and practice (95% CI, 2.8-5.8). Geographical location had a significant effect on knowledge (F = 7.1, P = 0.005). Interaction effect of treatment and geographical location was significant on knowledge and attitude of students.
Conclusions And Implications:
The use of HES may be an effective way of improving adolescents' healthy eating knowledge, attitude, and practice. However, testing culturally appropriate HES in more diverse audiences is warranted.
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