Clinical Nutrition Program, Department of Health Sciences, College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Nutrition Department Deanship of Students Affairs, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Public Health Nutr. 2021 May;24(7):1854-1860. doi: 10.1017/S1368980021000604. Epub 2021 Feb 10.
The study sought to assess the influence of nutrition education and intervention programmes on nutrition knowledge and dietary practice among both students and staff (including faculty) of Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University in Saudi Arabia.
A pretest-posttest, non-randomised experimental study design was implemented at Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University in Riyadh City between September 2019 and February 2020.
Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University is the largest women's university in the world and has eighteen colleges and institutions and around ninety academic programmes.
The survey was completed by 1824 participants (1350 students and 474 staff/faculty) before the intervention and by a different cohort of 1731 participants (1317 students and 414 staff/faculty) after the intervention. In total, an independent sample of 3555 staff and students participated. Participants were asked about dietary knowledge and practices. Dietary knowledge entailed food variety and nutrients, fast food and its poor nutritional value, and the influence of cooking style on the nutritional quality of food. Dietary practices involved eating breakfast; consuming salt/sugar, eating high-salt food; eating pre-packaged food and consumption of vegetables, fruits, supplements, water and caffeine.
The majority of the sample consisted of students (75·1 %) and had not been diagnosed with any disease (73·7 %). The result of the current study showed that nutrition knowledge improved after completion of the nutrition programme.
The nutrition awareness programme improved students' nutritional knowledge; however, there was no significant effect on their dietary practices. Future nutrition awareness programmes should separate activities for students and staff, focusing on one target population at a time.
本研究旨在评估营养教育和干预计划对沙特阿拉伯努尔·宾特·阿卜杜勒拉赫曼公主大学的学生和教职员工（包括教师）的营养知识和饮食实践的影响。
在 2019 年 9 月至 2020 年 2 月期间，在利雅得市的努尔·宾特·阿卜杜勒拉赫曼公主大学实施了一项预测试-后测试、非随机实验研究设计。
努尔·宾特·阿卜杜勒拉赫曼公主大学是世界上最大的女子大学，拥有十八个学院和机构，以及约九十项学术课程。
在干预前，共有 1824 名参与者（1350 名学生和 474 名教职员工）完成了调查，而在干预后，有另一组 1731 名参与者（1317 名学生和 414 名教职员工）完成了调查。共有 3555 名教职员工和学生参与了独立样本。参与者被问及饮食知识和习惯。饮食知识包括食物种类和营养、快餐及其营养价值低，以及烹饪方式对食物营养质量的影响。饮食实践包括吃早餐；摄入盐/糖、食用高盐食物；食用预包装食品和摄入蔬菜、水果、补品、水和咖啡因。
大多数样本由学生（75.1%）组成，并且没有被诊断出患有任何疾病（73.7%）。本研究的结果表明，完成营养计划后，营养知识有所提高。
营养意识计划提高了学生的营养知识；然而，对他们的饮食实践没有显著影响。未来的营养意识计划应将学生和教职员工的活动分开，一次专注于一个目标人群。
