Author/Authors :
Djalalinia, Shirin Ministry of Health and Medical Education - Deputy of Research and Technology, ايران , Djalalinia, Shirin tehran university of medical sciences tums - Non Comunicable Disease Research center, Endocrine and Metabolism Research Institute, تهران, ايران , Ramezani-Tehrani, Fahimeh shahid beheshti university of medical sciences - Reproductive Endocrinology Research Center, Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, تهران, ايران , Malekafzali, Hossein tehran university of medical sciences tums - Public health faculty, تهران, ايران , Hejazi, Farzaneh Ministry of Health and Medical Education - Deputy of Research and Technology, ايران , Peykari, Niloofar Ministry of Health and Medical Education - Deputy of Research and Technology, ايران , Peykari, Niloofar tehran university of medical sciences tums - Non Comunicable Disease Research center, Endocrine and Metabolism Research Institute, تهران, ايران
Abstract :
Background: Unhealthy nutritional behaviors are a threat to adolescents. In this regard, we compared different training methods through a participatory interventional study. Materials and Methods: Through proportional random selection, 1823 female students were selected from 15 middle schools of Tehran. Following 2 years of intervention, nutritional habits of three different interventional groups were assessed. Results: Eating breakfast was significantly higher in the trained groups, and the use of weight loss diets was lower in them than in the control group. Also, satisfactory consumption of various kinds of nutrients in the trained groups was more than in the control group. Conclusion: Participatory health training, especially through parents, leads to adolescence nutritional health promotion.
Keywords :
Adolescents , health education , Iran , nutrition , promotion
