A worksite nutrition education program increased firefighters' knowledge and resulted in healthier attitudes toward fad diets
Abstract
The effectiveness of a worksite nutrition education program to improve firefighters' knowledge and weight management strategies was evaluated. One hundred fifty Miami-Dade Fire Rescue workers recruited for the study were randomly assigned to an intervention or a control group. The intervention group attended four 30-minute worksite nutrition education sessions. A nutrition knowledge test completed by both groups before and after the intervention showed no significant differences between groups for pre-intervention nutrition knowledge. The post-intervention increase in nutrition knowledge was significantly greater (p < 0.001) for the intervention group (16.8% ± 8.2) compared to the control group (4% ± 8.9). No significant pre-intervention difference was found between the groups' predilection toward a ketogenic diet. A statistically significant (p < 0.01) reduction was seen in the intervention group's willingness (0.57 ± 1.06) to use this diet compared to the control group (0.02 ± 0.99). Results indicate that worksite nutrition education can improve firefighters' knowledge and weight reduction strategies.
Subject Area
Nutrition|Occupational safety|Health education
Recommended Citation
Winton, Stacy Jill, "A worksite nutrition education program increased firefighters' knowledge and resulted in healthier attitudes toward fad diets" (2002). ProQuest ETD Collection for FIU. AAI1409102.
https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/dissertations/AAI1409102