Effect of nutrition education on students nutritional status

The effect of a school based education on nutrition status and physical activity of grade 4 students of shiraz elemtary schools

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

IRCT

Registry ID

IRCT2014021613080N2

Enrollment

140

Registered

2014-04-13

Start date

2013-10-22

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2018-02-22

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Conditions

nutritional status.

Interventions

Intervention 1: Cases: 6 session of nutrition education and hanging posters about healthy eating for children and giving pamflet and sending 6 SMS containing nutritional information for mothers. Inte

Cases: 6 session of nutrition education and hanging posters about healthy eating for children and giving pamflet and sending 6 SMS containing nutritional information for mothers

Controls: no intervention was done

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

10 Years to 10 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria: educating in grade4 of primary school; willing to cooperate; absence of diabetes, thyroid or kidney diseases; avoiding eating any drugs which affect metabolism. Exclusion criteria: missing 1/3 of educating sessions; missing more than 20% of questions.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria:

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Food intake. Timepoint: Before and after education. Method of measurement: Food Frequency Questionnaire.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Weight. Timepoint: Before and after education. Method of measurement: Scale.	—

Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactShiva Faghih

Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Department of community nutrition

sh_faghih@sums.ac.ir+98 71 1725 1004

Outcome results

None listed

Source: IRCT (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026