Healthy Eating Habits of School-Aged Children in Rural Areas

Abstract

This study provides further understanding of interventions to impact healthy eating habits in children. Children received a short lesson on healthy eating habits, and took a pre and post test to see how much their knowledge improved. Test means increased from pre-test to post-test (51.76 to 60.48). A paired samples t-test showed the results to be statistically significant (p < 0.002). The findings of this study supports providing elementary school aged children with nutritional education may impact their ability to make wiser, and healthier choices regarding food intake.