DEVELOPMENT OF NUTRITION EDUCATION PROGRAM ON NUTRITIONAL AWARENESS FOR SCHOOL STUDENTS AND ITS EFFECTIVENESS

The present study focuses on Nutritional awareness among Secondary School Students. Present research was done with an aim to develop a Nutrition Education Program for Secondary school students and to study its effectiveness. The program focuses on Concpet of Nutrition, Functions of each nutrient, Sources of food along with their specific nutrient & Making appropriate food choices. Quasi Experimental Single Group Pre Test Post Test Design followed for the study to determine the effects of 10 hours of nutrition education program. Incidental sampling method was followed. Nutrition awareness was measured by a 20-item test. T test was used to find out effectiveness of Program. Findings show that the program was effective with respect to all four aspects of awareness regarding nutrition. Key words - Nutrition Education Program, Nutritional Awareness, Food Choices.