A study to assess the effectiveness of planned teaching programme on knowledge regarding healthy lifestyle among school children in a selected school at Mangalore

Introduction: A healthy lifestyle is a way of living that helps to maintain and improve one's overall health and well-being. It involves making conscious choices that contribute to physical, mental, and emotional health. The increasing prevalence of childhood obesity and related health issues underscores the importance of cultivating a healthy lifestyle from an early age.Objectives: To determine the pre-test level of knowledge regarding healthy lifestyle among children as measured by using a structured knowledge questionnaire. To evaluate the effectiveness of a planned teaching programme regarding healthy lifestyle among children in terms of gain in mean post-test knowledge score.Methodology: A pre-experimental one-group pre-test post-test design was used for the study. Simple random sampling technique was used to select 60 children studying in 6th standard in a selected school at Mangalore. A structured knowledge questionnaire was used to assess the knowledge of the students.Results: The findings showed that the mean percentage of post-test knowledge was 100%. The mean post-test knowledge score (20.4) obtained was higher than the mean pre-test knowledge score (16.53). Paired 't' test showed the difference was highly significant (t=11.14, p