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- Title
School Lunch Programs and Nutritional Education Improve Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices and Reduce the Prevalence of Anemia: A Pre-Post Intervention Study in an Indonesian Islamic Boarding School.
- Authors
Rimbawan, Rimbawan; Nurdiani, Reisi; Rachman, Purnawati Hustina; Kawamata, Yuka; Nozawa, Yoshizu
- Abstract
Indonesians face serious health issues that arise from malnutrition, particularly in children who are under unfavorable dietary environments. The present study established a school meal program consisting of dietary and educational interventions and evaluated its impact on promoting continuous improvement in dietary behavior among junior and senior high school students in Indonesia. A total of 319 students belonging to an Islamic Boarding School participated in the pre-post intervention study for 9 months. All participants were assessed based on their Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice (KAP). A subgroup of 115 participants who were anemic and underweight was examined for dietary intake, nutrition status, and hemoglobin level. The KAP test scores for both nutrition and hygiene showed a significant increase for all students and the undernutrition group post-intervention. Protein, iron, and vitamin C intake significantly improved. Although there were no significant improvements in nutrition status, there was a significant increase in the hemoglobin level and a reduction in the prevalence of anemia from 42.6% to 21.7%. Thus, school meal program that combines dietary and educational interventions may effectively improve anemia in undernourished students as well as enhance the knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to health, nutrition, and hygiene in junior and senior high school students.
- Subjects
INDONESIA; ANEMIA prevention; ISLAM; HEMOGLOBINS; LUNCHEONS; MIDDLE school students; FOOD consumption; HYGIENE; INDONESIANS; NUTRITION education; HEALTH literacy; ANEMIA; MALNUTRITION; DISEASE prevalence; RESEARCH funding; FOOD service; HIGH school students; NUTRITIONAL status; DISEASE risk factors
- Publication
Nutrients, 2023, Vol 15, Issue 4, p1055
- ISSN
2072-6643
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/nu15041055