Comparision of Nutrition Knowledge  And Awareness Among Junior and Senior  Medical Students Before and After  Teaching Done In Nutrition

Dr. Swarna Rastogi; Dr. Shri Ram Gupta; Dr. Jyotsna Tabiyar; Dr. M. K. Lala

Volume : II, Issue : VIII, August - 2013

Comparision of Nutrition Knowledge And Awareness Among Junior and Senior Medical Students Before and After Teaching Done In Nutrition

Dr. Swarna Rastogi, Dr. Shri Ram Gupta, Dr. Jyotsna Tabiyar, Dr. M. K. Lala

Abstract :

Introduction: Nutrition remains the cornerstone in strategies for disease prevention and health promotion1. The present study indicates lack of nutrition knowledge in medical students. Materials and Methodology: A cross sectional study conducted on 2nd semester (junior) and 6th semester (senior) medical students from December 2012 to Feb 2013.Total 200 students were interviewed by a pretested and predesigned questionnaire. Results: In this study (91%) 6th semester students have shown interest in nutrition topic compared to (49%) 2nd semester students which is statistically significant.69.75% of 6th semester students correctly answered questions compared to 43.56% of 2nd semester students.100% students of 6th semester know about major health problems associated with nutrition compared to 34% of 2nd semester students, which is statistically significant (p<0.001%).