Effectiveness of Planned Teaching Programme Regarding Knowledge and Effectiveness of Junk Food among Adolescents Studying in Selected High Schools at Bagalkot

Eat healthy and living healthy are essential requirements for a long life. Unfortunately, today's world has been adapted to a system of consumption of foods that has several adverse effects on health. Globalization and urbanization significantly impacted eating habits and forced many people to consume fancy and high-calorie fast foods, popularly known as Junk foods. Healthy, nutritious foods have been replaced by the new food mantra – junk food. This global problem of consuming junk food can be prevented by health education, which can greatly contribute to its limited consumption and switching over to healthy eating habits for better living. This study was carried out to assess the effectiveness of a planned teaching program through a structured knowledge questionnaire. A quantitative research approach and pre-experimental one group pretest post-test research design were adopted to conduct the study. A structured knowledge questionnaire was used to assess the knowledge of adolescents regarding the harmful effects of junk food. Pre-test was taken on first day, followed by the planned teaching programme to the group, and then the post-test was taken after seven days. In pre-test majority of adolescents (65%) had an average level of knowledge, but in post-test majority of adolescents (55%) had a good level of knowledge. There was a significant difference between the mean pre-test and post-test knowledge score (t = 9.590, p = 0.0001) at p