Impact of dietary and nutrition education intervention on nutritional knowledge of moderately anemic adolescent girls of kangra district, himachal pradesh

Lack of knowledge concerning nutrition is one of the most significant reason for nutritional problem and consequently inappropriate nutritional practices can lead to numerous complications. The present study was conducted on moderately anemic (Hb- 8–10.9 mg/dl) adolescent girls (10–18 yrs) divided into three groups (30 individuals per group) were interviewed by KAP (knowledge, attitude and practice) questionnaire to identify the level of knowledge, correct attitude and practices towards nutrition and health. Intervention was imparted to experimental groups i.e., group-I (received nutrition education and dietary intervention) and group-II (received only nutritional education) for four months and no nutrition intervention for control group. A significant improvement was recorded in group-I and group-II. Excellent improvement was seen at post intervention in experimental groups as 100 per cent of selected adolescent girls improve their KAP scores to more than 80 per cent. Nutrition intervention had positive impact on nutritional knowledge of adolescent girls.