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Concept Development and Use of an Automated Food Intake and Eating Behavior Assessment Method
Published on: February 19, 2021
An investigation of the relationship between nutritional behaviours and nutritional self-efficacy in children
Öznur Çeltek Orhan1, Gonca Karayagız Muslu2, Gulay Manav3
1Institute of Health Sciences, Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, Muğla, Turkey.
Background:
In this study, we examined the nutritional behaviours of secondary school children and the factors affecting their nutritional self-efficacy as well as the relationship between nutritional behaviours and nutritional self-efficacy.
Methods:
We determined from the BMIs of the 462 students participating in the study in the Fethiye district of Muğla province that 48.5% were underweight, 46.5% were normal and 5% were overweight.
Results:
The participating children's grade in school and their father's education affected their nutritional behaviours. We observed at the same time that the 'child's grade in school', 'father's education' and 'income level' affected the 'Nutritional Self-Efficacy Scale' mean score. A positive and significant relationship was found between the Nutritional Self-Efficacy Scale and Nutritional Behaviour Scale mean scores of the children participating in the study.
Conclusions:
We concluded that a useful recommendation for health professionals working in programmes aiming to improve children's eating habits would be to focus on initiatives that improve nutritional self-efficacy and nutritional behaviours.
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