Does the healthy plate model workshop improve nutrition knowledge, behaviors, and habits in school-age children? the impact of workshop on dietary habits: original article
| dc.contributor.author | Şimşek Şahin, Hatice | |
| dc.contributor.author | Özkaya, Volkan | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-01-23T09:32:33Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-01-23T09:32:33Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2025 | |
| dc.department | İstanbul Medipol Üniversitesi, Sağlık Bilimleri Enstitüsü, Beslenme ve Diyetetik Ana Bilim Dalı | |
| dc.description.abstract | Background: This study was conducted to identify the impacts of the healthy plate model workshop on 4th-graders nutrition knowledge, behaviors, and habits. Methods: The study was conducted from March to June 2023 in the Uskudar district of Istanbul, involving 102 children (50% girls) with a mean age of 10.2 ± 0.45 years. A pretest-intervention-posttest design was used for the research. Before and after the training, a questionnaire was administered to measure students’ demographic characteristics, physical activity status, adherence to the Mediterranean Diet, frequencies of food group consumption, and nutritional knowledge. Results: The number of students consuming eggs, legumes, vegetables, fruits, and oilseeds daily increased after the training (p > 0.05). Increases were observed in daily consumption of meat group and water (p < 0.05). While the proportion of students who consumed whole fruit with skin was 35.3% before the training, this rate increased to 47.1% after the training (p < 0.05). The mean nutritional knowledge score (before: 71.37 ± 11.8; after: 80.45 ± 1.6, p < 0.05) and the Mediterranean Diet Quality Index (KIDMED) score (before: 4.77 ± 2.41; after: 5.50 ± 2.45, p < 0.05) increased significantly after the training. A weak positive correlation was identified between pre-training nutritional knowledge scores and KIDMED index scores (r = 0.19; p = 0.045). Furthermore, a negative weak relationship was observed between post-training nutritional knowledge scores and meal-skipping status (r=-0.231; p = 0.019). Conclusions: Structured nutrition education for school-age children can positively impact their nutritional knowledge and dietary habits. | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Şimşek Şahin, H. ve Özkaya, V. (2025). Does the healthy plate model workshop improve nutrition knowledge, behaviors, and habits in school-age children? the impact of workshop on dietary habits: original article. BMC Public Health, 25(1). http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-21375-6 | |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1186/s12889-025-21375-6 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1471-2458 | |
| dc.identifier.issue | 1 | |
| dc.identifier.pmid | 39806359 | |
| dc.identifier.scopus | 2-s2.0-85215571685 | |
| dc.identifier.scopusquality | Q1 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-21375-6 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12511/13386 | |
| dc.identifier.volume | 25 | |
| dc.identifier.wos | WOS:001397252000001 | |
| dc.identifier.wosquality | Q1 | |
| dc.indekslendigikaynak | Scopus | |
| dc.indekslendigikaynak | PubMed | |
| dc.indekslendigikaynak | Web of Science | |
| dc.institutionauthor | Şimşek Şahin, Hatice | |
| dc.institutionauthorid | 0009-0001-9132-2501 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | BMC Public Health | |
| dc.relation.publicationcategory | Makale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı | |
| dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | |
| dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International | |
| dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | |
| dc.subject | Dietary Habits | |
| dc.subject | Healthy Plate | |
| dc.subject | Nutrition Education | |
| dc.subject | Nutritional Knowledge | |
| dc.subject | School-Aged Children | |
| dc.title | Does the healthy plate model workshop improve nutrition knowledge, behaviors, and habits in school-age children? the impact of workshop on dietary habits: original article | |
| dc.type | Article |
