{"id":3841,"date":"2026-07-26T19:55:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T19:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/birpub.org\/ijhte\/?post_type=journal_article&#038;p=3841"},"modified":"2026-07-26T19:55:02","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T19:55:02","slug":"nutrition-education-knowledge-as-correlate-of-nutritional-status-and-practice-of-adolescent-in-secondary-schools-in-enugu-state","status":"publish","type":"journal_article","link":"https:\/\/birpub.org\/ijhte\/journal_article\/nutrition-education-knowledge-as-correlate-of-nutritional-status-and-practice-of-adolescent-in-secondary-schools-in-enugu-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Nutrition Education Knowledge as Correlate of Nutritional Status and Practice of Adolescent in Secondary Schools in Enugu State"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Onu, Chinyere Theresa<sup>1<\/sup> &amp; Prof. Igba, Elizabeth Chimezie, Phd<sup>2<\/sup><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Abstract<\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><em>The study examined the relationship between nutrition education knowledge and nutritional status and practice of adolescent students in Secondary Schools in Enugu State. The study was guided by three specific purposes and three research questions. Correlational survey research design was adopted for the study. The population for the study consisted of 21478 Upper Basic students in Enugu State. The sample size for the study is 396 Upper Basic education students drawn using multi-stage sampling procedure. The data for the study was collected using \u201cNutrition Education Knowledge Questionnaire (NEKQ)\u201d and \u201cNutritional Practice Questionnaire (NPQ)\u201d developed by the researcher, and Anthropometric Measurement tools and record sheet. The NEKQ and NPQ were to face validated and tested for reliability using Cronbach Alpha reliability coefficient test, which result show an overall reliability coefficient of 0.92 and 0.84 respectively. The findings revealed that there is a positive relationship between nutrition education knowledge and nutritional status of adolescent students. There is a positive relationship between nutrition education knowledge and nutritional practice of adolescent students. There is a positive relationship among nutrition education knowledge, nutritional status and nutritional practice of adolescent students. It was recommended that teachers should strengthen nutrition education by adopting practical, learner-centered instructional approaches to enhance students&#8217; nutrition education knowledge among adolescents.<\/em><em><\/em><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Keywords: <\/em><\/strong><em>Nutrition Education, Nutrition Knowledge, Nutritional Status, Nutritional Practice, Adolescent<\/em><em><\/em><strong><em>Cite<\/em><\/strong><em>: <\/em>Onu, C. T., &amp; Igba, E. C. (2026). Nutrition Education Knowledge as Correlate of Nutritional Status and Practice of Adolescent in Secondary Schools in Enugu State. <em>International Journal of Humanities, Thought and Expression,<\/em><em>4(3), 90-99.<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5281\/zenodo.21611022\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5281\/zenodo.21611022<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/birpub.org\/ijhte\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/07\/IJHTE_4390-99.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of IJHTE_43,90-99.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-f2714abf-66bc-48d5-9168-f707bdfb101f\" href=\"https:\/\/birpub.org\/ijhte\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/07\/IJHTE_4390-99.pdf\">IJHTE_43,90-99<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/birpub.org\/ijhte\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/07\/IJHTE_4390-99.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-f2714abf-66bc-48d5-9168-f707bdfb101f\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"template":"","journal_article_cats":[235],"class_list":["post-3841","journal_article","type-journal_article","status-publish","hentry","journal_article_cat-vol-4-no-3"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Nutrition Education Knowledge as Correlate of Nutritional Status and Practice of Adolescent in Secondary Schools in Enugu State - International Journal of Humanities, Thought and Expression<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The study examined the relationship between nutrition education knowledge and nutritional status and practice of adolescent students in Secondary Schools in Enugu State. 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