The purpose of this study is to provide a nutritional program concerned with employee health promotion in a medical center. Questionnaires testing nutritional knowledge were collected for scoring before and after each class. The program was conducted over twelve weeks, with topics including balanced diet, food exchange lists, energy restricted diet, low fat diet, low cholesterol diet, low sodium diet, planning of a low calorie diet, and healthy choices for eating out. A total of 200 valid questionnaires were obtained from 431 participants, and the results were as follows: most participants attendants were female and were non-medical staff. There is no correlation between the effect of nutritional education and gender, age and job. There is significant improvement after nutritional education, with average scores of 81±13 and 92±9 (p<0.001) before and after the program. Employees were found to be satisfied with this nutritional program, the average score of satisfaction being above eighty points. Overall, most participants show their encouragement and appreciation to this program.
The purpose of this study is to provide a nutritional program concerned with employee health promotion in a medical center. Questionnaires testing nutritional knowledge were collected for scoring before and after each class. The program was conducted over twelve weeks, with topics including balanced diet, food exchange lists, energy restricted diet, low fat diet, low cholesterol diet, low sodium diet, planning of a low calorie diet, and healthy choices for eating out. A total of 200 valid questionnaires were obtained from 431 participants, and the results were as follows: most participants attendants were female and were non-medical staff. There is no correlation between the effect of nutritional education and gender, age and job. There is significant improvement after nutritional education, with average scores of 81±13 and 92±9 (p<0.001) before and after the program. Employees were found to be satisfied with this nutritional program, the average score of satisfaction being above eighty points. Overall, most participants show their encouragement and appreciation to this program.