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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">2387</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url"/><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>MALAYSIAN DIETARY GUIDELINES 2010 IN PRACTICE:__ampersandsignnbsp;ACCEPTABILITY AND APPLICABILITY OF NUTRITION DELIVERY TOOLS AMONG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN TERENGGANU, MALAYSIA&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Lua</surname><given-names>Pei Lin</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Dali</surname><given-names>Wan Putri Elena Wan</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Shahril</surname><given-names>Mohd Razif</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><day>15</day><month>08</month><year>2012</year></pub-date><volume>)</volume><issue/><fpage>127</fpage><lpage>141</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Objective: To evaluate the acceptability and applicability of nutrition education delivery through three tools; 1) conventional lectures, 2) brochures and 3) text messages via short messaging system (SMS). Methods: A prospective, cross sectional study was conducted among university undergraduates in Terengganu, Malaysia. Included students firstly went through a 1-hour lecture followed by the provision of brochures and contents of text messages. They then completed an evaluation form. Data analysis was carried out using SPSS 16.0 utilising descriptive statistics. 116 undergraduates were enrolled (mean age=19.3). Results: Majority of male (91.9%) and female students (91.1%) rated the slides as comprehensible. Both genders (male=70.3%, female=74.7%) ranked the presentation as ?interesting? while, 64.7% of them ranked the information included as adequate. Brochures were considered to be at&#13;
least __ampersandsignldquo;good__ampersandsignrdquo; with regard to its pictorial graphics (85.3%) and languages (81.9%). Most of the students were also generally contented with the information given through the SMS (86.2%). Overall, 94.0% of students believed that nutrition education delivery through a variety of methods can provide and enhance their awareness and knowledge. Conclusion: This provides early evidence that these tools are acceptable and applicable in assisting undergraduates improve their diet and undergo active lifestyle.&#13;
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