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Table 1 Module for Nutrition Educational Intervention (NEI) for secondary schoolchildren

From: Effects of the MyBFF@school obesity intervention program with nutrition education intervention on nutrition knowledge and attitude of secondary schoolchildren: a cluster randomized controlled trial

Topic

Sub-topic

Objective

Activity Included

Topic 1:

Wake up Call/ Time To Act

Unit 1:

Are You at Risk

To create awareness among the target groups (parents, teachers and students) on unhealthy food intake

Class teaching

Unit 2:

Challenges In Body Weight Loss and Management

To expose the target groups (parents, canteen operators, teachers and students) on challenges of weight loss management

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Unit 3:

Time To Act

To provide exposure to parents on nutrition intervention sessions that must be taken by students in MyBFF@school program

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Topic 2:

My Body Weight/ Know My Body Weight

Unit 1:

My Body Weight/ Know My Body Weight

1. To perform anthropometric measurements (height and weight)

2. To calculate Body Mass Index (BMI) and plotting the data on growth charts

3. To interpret results of BMI-for-age

Practical session on weight and height measurement, calculation and interpretation of BMI using the growth chart

Topic 3:

Eat Well, Be Well

Unit 1:

A Balancing Act/ Count To Be Fit

1. To know the concept of energy balance

2. To know the sources and total energy intake

3. To know the total energy consumption

Interactive game on getting to know the Food Pyramid and physical activity pyramid

Unit 2:

Fill In My Plate/ Healthy Eating Plan

1. To understand and apply the concept of the Malaysian Food Pyramid/Malaysian Healthy Plate

2. To understand menu planning

Practical session on how to have meal intake with the Malaysian Healthy Plate

Unit 3:

Awesome Fruits and Veggie

1. To know the importance of daily fruits and

2. vegetable consumption

3. To know the ways how to increase the intake of fruits and vegetables

4. To understand and apply the number of recommended servings

Fruit Serving Size Drawing

Unit 4:

Plain Water My Best Friend

To know the importance of drinking plain water

Interactive session to determine the amount of sugar content in beverages

Unit 5:

Less Salt and Fat/ Snack Attack

To guide the students on how to choose a healthy snack including foods with less salt and fat

Interactive session to guess the amount of salt/sodium content in food

Topic 4:

Make a Better Life

Unit 1:

Breakfast Power

1. To know the importance of breakfast

2. To know the benefit of breakfast for learning

3. To know the healthy breakfast option

Interactive session with students on the sample of healthy breakfast

Topic 5:

MyBFF

Smart Shopping, Preparing Meal Together and Eating Out

Unit 1:

Smart Shopping

1. To provide guidance to the students on how to read and understand food labels as well as on how to choose food wisely

2. To provide guidance to the students on how to prepare healthy food and practise healthy eating

3. To provide guidance on how to make healthy food choices when eating out

Classroom teaching

Unit 2:

Let’s Cook/ Prepare Meal Together

To teach how to prepare healthy food

Preparing healthy balanced meals: e.g. Sandwich

Unit 3:

Eating Out: Fast Food/ Food Outlet/ School Canteen/ Hawkers

To provide information how to make healthy choice when eating out

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