Abstract
The purpose of this project was to assess healthy eating knowledge before and after a nutrition education course on basic nutrition, weight management, and type 2 diabetes mellitus risk. Fifty-four low socioeconomic adults attended a 2-hour nutrition education course at a health clinic. The participants received either an English or a Spanish pre- and posttest. A significant increase (P < .001) in nutrition knowledge from pretest (50.9 +/- 16.51) to posttest (77.2 +/- 13.79) questions was observed. The English version had significantly higher posttest scores than the Spanish version (P = .001). This study demonstrated that nutrition knowledge in a low socioeconomic population can be improved following a nutrition education course.