Table 2 Students’ attitudes towards nutrition and healthy dietary habits pre- and post-intervention in the NE school and in the Control school
Group | Time | School | Very important | Others | χ 2 | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Attitudes towards the importance of nutrition to health | Pre-intervention | NE school | 84.6 | 15.4 | 0.741 | 0.389 |
Control school | 78.7 | 21.3 | ||||
Post-intervention | NE school | 93.8 | 6.2 | 5.187 | 0.023 | |
Control school | 80.3 | 19.7 | ||||
Attitudes towards the importance of developing healthy dietary habits | Pre-intervention | NE school | 81.5 | 18.5 | 4.149 | 0.042 |
Control school | 65.6 | 34.4 | ||||
Post-intervention | NE school | 84.6 | 15.4 | 3.632 | 0.057 | |
Control school | 70.5 | 29.5 |
Group | Time | School | Throw away | Others | χ 2 | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Attitudes towards food with an expired date | Pre-intervention | NE school | 86.2 | 13.8 | 2.356 | 0.125 |
Control school | 75.4 | 24.6 | ||||
Post-intervention | NE school | 92.3 | 7.7 | 4.767 | 0.029 | |
Control school | 78.7 | 21.3 |