Investigating the nutritional knowledge, attitude, and performance of the high school boy and girl students in Kermanshah city

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1 Master of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, Physical education teacher, Kermanshah, Iran.

2 Master of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, Physical education teacher, Kermanshah, Iran

3 Assistant Professor, Department of Exercise Physiology, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran

Abstract

Nutritional knowledge, attitude and practice play an important role in maintaining the health and quality of life of society. Adolescence is a critical period in the development of these factors and can lead to a healthy lifestyle in adulthood. Therefore, the aim of the current research was to investigate the nutritional knowledge, attitude and performance of male and female high school students in Kermanshah.

The present study was a descriptive research in which 840 male students and 486 female students completed the nutritional knowledge, attitude and practice questionnaire online. One-sample Wilcoxon non-parametric statistical test was used to compare the sample mean with standard values. Also, in order to compare nutritional knowledge, attitude and performance between female and male students, the non-parametric U-Mann-Whitney statistical test was used.

The results of the research showed that in male students, the average nutritional knowledge, attitude and performance were significantly lower than the standard values. In female students, the average knowledge, attitude and nutritional performance were significantly lower than standard values. Also, the results showed that the average nutritional attitude and performance of boys was significantly higher than that of girls.

The results showed that female and male secondary school students in Kermanshah city had lower nutritional knowledge, attitude and performance than standard values. Compared to male students, female students had a weaker nutritional attitude and performance. These results show the necessity of developing strategic plans, especially at the level of education, to improve these indicators in adolescence and even before that.

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Publisher: University of Kurdistan         Copyright © The Authors

This is an open access article distributed under the following Creative Commons license: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)

 

Research in Exercise Nutrition
Volume 3, Issue 2
July 2024
Pages 34-23

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  • Receive Date: 02 February 2025
  • Revise Date: 18 February 2025
  • Accept Date: 19 February 2025
  • First Publish Date: 19 February 2025

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