Efficacy of a Nutrition Education Program Designed for Grades K-3 Piloted in Johnson County Schools.

<p>The purpose of this study was to increase the nutrition knowledge of elementary school students by implementing nutrition education lessons. The subjects included 49 kindergarten through third grade students in Johnson County, Tennessee during the fall of 2004. Knowledge increase was measured by pretest and posttest scores. The tests were analyzed by paired t-tests. While all students showed an increase in mean score, kindergarten and first grade students did not show a significant increase in posttest scores. However, second and third grade students showed a significant increase in posttest scores, indicating an increase in nutrition knowledge.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

MS (Master of Science)

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis - unrestricted

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Clinical Nutrition

Year dc:date.issued

2005

Author dc:creator

• Lowry, Allison Nicole

• healthy behaviors
• childhood obesity
• education
• nutrition
• Human and Clinical Nutrition
• Life Sciences

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright by the authors.

Repository record dc:identifier

https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/1014

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:dc.etsu.edu:etd-2171