The distributions are coupled with nutritional education sessions.
Women of the two intervention groups in both areas were informed to take part in two, two-hour health and nutritional education sessions.
Objective: in order to assess the feasibility of nutritional education intervention sessions for pregnant teenagers, standard dietary assessment schedules were supplemented by a qualitative appraisal.
The four nutritional education group sessions are conducted by two dieticians; they last about 120 minutes and are based on interactive learning.
The program included counseling sessions, nutritional education, exercise, family support, peer group involvement, and incentives designed to motivate participants.
The therapeutic lifestyle training will consist of 30-minute sessions on nutrition education (6 sessions) and oral care (2 sessions).
Nutritional education was given during group therapy sessions to help subjects plan their own menus and to educate subjects to adopt appropriate lifetime eating habits.
Program faculty members address nutritional problems through research, nutritional education and training; applied nutrition programs in the community, government, and international organizations; and institutional development.
3) Nutrition -- providing food assistance and nutritional education.
In addition, five 1-h group sessions (maximum of 12 women/group) were scheduled to provide nutritional education, self-management training and behaviour change techniques.
