Long-term Impact of Nutrition Education Program on 113 Pupils in Changsha City

Objective To evaluate the long-term impact of nutrition education on pupils' nutritional knowledge obtaining,reasonable and healthy behavior formulation,and to provide scientific evidence for appropriate nutrition education program among pupils.Methods A nutrition knowledge-behavior questionnaire survey was performed among intervention group(55 students) who received nutrition education and the control group(58 students) who did not received nutrition education five years ago.Results The average score of nutrition knowledge of intervention group was significantly higher than the control both in the second year and the sixth year(P0.05).The intervention group made a better performance in the nutrition related behaviors than the control group in the sixth year,but the effect was not obvious as in the second year.Conclusion Nutrition education has long term positive impact on nutritional knowledge obtaining and healthy behaviors cultivation of pupils.But the impact gradually declines through the time.Repetition and consistency nutrition education should be carried out.