title: Outcomes of nutrition knowledge and healthy food choices in 5- to 6-year-old children who received a nutrition intervention based on Piaget's theory.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To develop nutrition education for preschool children based on Piaget's theory and to examine the effects of this education on children's nutritional knowledge, nutritional behaviors, and anthropometric measurements.
  
  
  METHODS
  Pre- and postexperimental design. In experimental schools nutrition education was given. Children's nutritional knowledge, food consumption frequencies, and anthropometric measurements were evaluated.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The experimental group's nutritional knowledge scores increased and the group's food preferences positively changed. No significant difference was observed between the experimental and control groups' anthropometric measurements.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The nutrition education program used in this study may guide nurses in preparing education for preschoolers. The participation of families is recommended in their children's nutrition program.
authors.affiliation: Dokuz Eylul University, School of Nursing, Inciralti, Izmir, Turkey. hakkgul@gmail.com
authors.forename: Hatice
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Başkale
authors.forename: Zuhal
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Bahar
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000886:Anthropometry; D002648:Child; D053198:Child Nutrition Sciences / Q000193:education*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002755:Choice Behavior; D004521:Educational Measurement; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017145:Models, Educational; D009035:Mothers / Q000193:education*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric