Food Choices and Consequences for the Nutritional Status: Insights into Nutrition Transition in an Hospital Community.

Introduction: Although economic development is generally accompanied by improvements in the overall nutritional status of the country's population the 'nutritional transition' often involves a shift to high energy diets and less exercise with negative consequences. This pilot study was done to examine if education of parents operates at the household level to influence dietary choices and the nutritional status of children in a small community of hospital workers.

Material And Methods: 3 groups of persons with varying skill and education levels participated.