Impact of Healthy Eating Education on Socio-Cultural Factors and Dietary Behaviour of Students in Lagos Island Local Government Area, Lagos State

This study investigated the impact of socio-economic status and culture on dietary behaviour of students after healthy eating intervention in Lagos State. A pretest-posttest experimental and control group design was used. The population included senior secondary school students in Lagos Island Local Government Area. Multistage sampling selected 121 participants from two schools out of a population of 5,946, assigned to experimental and control groups. A modified General Nutrition Knowledge Questionnaire, Nutrition Behaviour Questionnaire and Healthy Eating Education Manual were used. Two hypotheses were tested using ANCOVA at 0.05 level of significance. Findings indicated that parents' socio-economic status and participants' culture did not significantly influence dietary behaviour after intervention. The study concluded that healthy eating education improves students' dietary behaviour irrespective of socio-economic status and culture.