TRAINING PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS IN NUTRITION

APPROXIMATELY 240 PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS ATTENDED MONTH-LONG TRAINING SEMINAR IN NUTRITION; CURRICULUM DEVELOPED FOR USE IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS. CURRICULUM IMPLEMENTED, SUPPLEMENTED BY VISITS FROM NUTRITIONIST AND AGRICULTURAL EXTENSIONIST. FOLLOW-UP SURVEY OF PUPILS CONDUCTED AT YEAR END TO DETERMINE EFFECT OF NUTRITION EDUCATION ON ACTUAL NUTRITIONAL STATUS. SECOND SUMMER SEMINAR CONDUCTED 1976, FOLLOWED BY FURTHER EXTENSIONIST VISITS AND FINAL SURVEY IN JUNE 1977 TO DETERMINE OVERALL NUTRITIONAL IMPROVEMENT IN SAMPLE GROUPS.