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World Nutrition 2018

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Journal of Clinical Nutrition & Dietetics

ISSN 2472-1921

W o r l d C o n g r e s s o n

Nutrition and Dietetics

chool students lack the knowledge to make good nutritional decisions to improve health, performance and growth. Nutrition

education is an evidence-based way to improve health outcomes, raise healthy eating habits and improve the physical and

academic performance for a lifetime in school children. Research validates that behavioural change correlates positively with

the amount of nutrition instruction received and should start at early stages in life. Developing and implementing a nutrition

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from students, teachers, coaches and community. The curriculum provides the knowledge and teaches skills to help students

adopt and maintain lifelong healthy eating habits through appropriate participatory activities that involve social learning

strategies. School nutrition education is not only to focus on nutrition information, but also to develop skills and behaviours

related to areas such as social and cultural aspects of food and eating.One of the challenges facing nutrition educators with

school children is to change the bad food habits and behaviors. It is well known that food habits are complex in nature and

affected by many factors. Nutrition education in schools needs to be reinforced across Qatar. The ministry of health launched the

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and food polices in Qatar, they also provide consistent information for the development of new education and social marketing

resources in Qatar. In order to succeed, nutrition education needs to be incorporated into the school curriculum actively. Schools

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and other community professionals.

Nutrition education in aspire sports academy:

experiences and challenges

Mahmoud Alkhateib

Aspetar Orthopedic Sports Medicine Hospital, Qatar

J Clin Nutr Diet 2018 Volume: 4

DOI: 10.4172/2472-1921-C1-003