Impact of Nutrition Education Program on Awareness of Muslim School Children

Food Science and Nutrition

No matter how well-educated a child's parents are, their health and nutrition will have an effect on their academic progress. These factors have substantial bearing on students' academic success. Recent advances in the attempt to improve the education for all project have focused on bettering students' health and nutrition to boost their academic performance in the classroom. Forty-eight Islamic schools participated in the study, and the results showed that only 20% of the schools adhere to the rules, and only 6% of the schools had nutritionists advising on menu design. Following this study, IMANA collaborated with MIDAN to compile a set of recommendations for educational institutions to implement. Included in these proposals are example menus with both traditional American fare and ethnic specialties, suggestions for fostering an atmosphere conducive to healthy eating, and information on where to get money for school lunch programs. The progress of a community depends on the health of its members, and since human environment influences the health of both individuals and communities, discussions on nutrition and health are worthy of provoking debates involving several aspects of the political, social, economic, and cultural developments of societies. We also conducted some in-school inspections to get a better look at the various school-based health and nutrition resources. American and cultural meals were combined in accordance with national dietary requirements by the Muslims in Dietetics and Nutrition (MIDAN) group.

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