ABSTRACT
The problem of overweight and obesity among school children are on the rise at primary schools at suburban area inclusive of easy access to fat food and supermarkets. Here, we examined the effect of dietary pattern among overweight and obese children following a Nutrition Educational Package (NEP) with the changes in BMI percentiles. An experimental study with cluster sampling was conducted among primary school students and their participation was on voluntary basis. Dietary pattern is significant increase, there were slight increases in fruit and vegetables consumption; reduced intake of non-core food, and sweetened beverages from pre and post intervention. However, result for the changes of BMI percentiles did not have a significant difference between pre and post intervention NEP. The results from this study reflects the importance of hospitality school based on intervention and needed to identify specific package that would be successful in preventing overweight and obesity among school children.
