فاعلية برنامج تثقيف غذائي في تنمية الوعي بالمضافات الغذائية في الأطعمة المصنعة

Abstract EN

The current research aimed to identify the effectiveness of a Nutritional education program in developing the awareness of undergraduate students of food additives in processed foods, and this research followed two methodologies: the descriptive analytical approach, and the Quasi-Experimental approach.

The research sample included (140) female students of the second group from different departments of the Faculty of Specific Education, Minya University (Home Economics, Educational Technology, Educational Media, and Music Education).

General data and socio- economic status form, Information sources about food additives form, Knowledge test about food additives in processed foods, Practices related to food additives in processed foods measure, and Attitudes about food additives in processed foods measure were prepared, and the results showed that: The arithmetic mean of the scores of the students in the research sample in the knowledge test of food additives was (9.30) before applying the program, while it reached (90.93) after application, and the arithmetic mean of the students' practices related to food additives before applying the program was (18.33), while it reached (77.51) after application, and the arithmetic mean of the students' attitudes related to food additives was (26.16) before applying the program, and it reached (85.74) after application, and thus the program contributed to the development of Nutrition awareness in its three dimensions in terms of: knowledge level, practices and behaviors, attitudes related to food additives in processed foods.