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ThesisItem Open Access NUTRITION GARDEN BY SCHOOL CHILDREN (10-13 YEARS) AND ITS IMPACT ON NUTRITION KNOWLEDGE AND DIETARY PRACTICES(University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, 2009-07-15) SHILPA, YATNATTI; Shivaleela, H. B.Nutrition garden in schools are emerging as a nutrition education tool in academic settings. Fruits and vegetables are important in diet of children because they provide the body with vitamins, minerals, fiber and several phytochemicals necessary for growth, development and maintenance of health. One private school and one government school adopted by Prem Nath Agricultural Science Foundation- Bangalore (PNASF), located in Sanjaynagar, Bangalore were selected for the study and 120 children covered under the study. Majority of the children in holding the study were from 6th standard i.e. belong to 12 years age group. Boys were 58.3 per cent and girls were 41.7 per cent. Children from experimental group, from both the schools participated in nutrition programme (Nutrition education + nutrition gardening). Nutrition programme had positive impact on children attitude towards fruits and vegetables (t=7.10*) and nutrition knowledge of the experimental group (t=6.54*) compared to control group. Snake and ladder game on importance of fruits and vegetables had positive impact on improving the nutrition knowledge of school children both in control (t=11.82*) and experimental groups (t=12.63*). Intake of fruits and vegetables significantly increased after nutrition programme in case of private school boys (t=13.06*) and girls (t=3.66*). Almost all the parents were aware of their children involvement in the nutrition programme at school, and majority of them expressed their desire to grow vegetables at home. Most of the parents responded that programme had a positive impact on their children eating habits and nutrition knowledge.ThesisItem Open Access STUDY ON HEALTH, FOOD AND NUTRITION INFORMATION COMMUNICATION IN POPULAR PRINT MEDIA ACCESSIBLE TO EMPLOYEES AND STUDENTS OF UAS BENGALURU(UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES GKVK, BENGALURU, 2017-08-21) MURULI, N. V.; Shivaleela, H. B.A “Study on health, food and nutrition information communication in popular print media accessible to employees and students of UAS Bengaluru” was undertaken in the year 2016-2017 at UAS Bengaluru, which consisted of two parts viz., content analysis of daily’s and readers opinion. In content analysis, total 3720 food and nutrition information published in selected two national english (The Hindu and Deccan Herald) and two regional kannada newspapers (Prajavani and Vijay Karnataka) and two popular local magazines (Gruha Shobha & Health Magazine) were covered for reader’s opinion study, 120 UAS readers including staff (n=60) and students (n=60) reading identified dailies were considered. The data was collected with the help of pre-tested structured interview schedule. Out of 3720 food and nutrition information from daily’s studied, maximum information disseminated was nutrient in food (23.44%) followed by areas of health (21.64%) and areas related to foods and balancing them (17.80%). The food and nutrition information published was readable, adequate, clear and timely. Nutrient in food, areas of health covered and areas related to foods and balancing them were the most preferred topics. Important suggestions were publication of food and nutrition information on special supplements. Information disseminated through daily’s is authenticated with scientific support studies which extends confidence among readers for adopting them.