Evaluation of the effectiveness of a high school course in cardiovascular nutrition

R.N. Podell, K. Keller, M.N. Mulvihill, G. Berger and D.F. Kent

American Journal of Public Health, 1978, vol. 68, issue 6, 573-576

Abstract: High school biology students participated in a cardiovascular nutrition education program. The program was evaluated for its effect on the students' knowledge, attitudes, reported eating behavior, and serum lipid levels by matching individual's pre- and post-program results. There was a significant improvement in cardiovascular nutrition knowledge and attitudes toward a low cholesterol pattern of eating. There was also a significant improvement in reported eating patterns. However, the rise in serum cholesterol levels one year later did not differ from the rise in serum cholesterol levels in a control school. Improvement in attitudes and reported eating behavior was significantly greater for students whose initial cholesterol level was in the upper quartile of U.S. 16-year olds.

Date: 1978
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