Nutrition knowledge of girls attending sports school, aged 8-12, was increased through participation in a 6
week nutrition education program, where they were given educational materials developed on nutrition education,
enabling them to choose food with nutritional value. Balanced and adequate nutrition is important in controlling
weight and any other risk factors, which are outcomes of urbanization, advertisement and sedentary life style. We
think that in order to increase nutrition knowledge, and to make informed choices on nutritional values of food and
to make permanent lifestyle changes in nutrition behaviour, the influence of nutrition education programs in school
curricula should be increased through the use of supplementary materials, repetition of education programs at
regular intervals later in life, and reinforment through other means.