Predicting Factors Associated with Healthy Eating Nutritional Behavior at Primary School Students in Tehran: an Application of the Health Action Process Approach (HAPA)

This study was aimed to determine the relationship of variables of psycho-social behaviors in mothers with healthy nutritional eating behavior in primary school students of district 5 in Tehran.
For this a cross- sectional study, samples were selected by the cluster sampling approach. In total, 200 students were selected from non-government schools in district 5 of Tehran. Data were collected using standardized questionnaires, including the Youth/Adolescent Questionnaire (YAQ), the food frequency questionnaire, the socio-demographic questionnaire, and the Health Action Process Approach questionnaire. Data was analyzed using LISREL 8.8.
In the motivational phase, risk perception (P A strong correlation between psychological - social behavior variables in healthy nutritional behaviors of mothers and students’ showed that mothers play a vital role in promoting children's nutritional behaviors. Students training programs should involve mothers in all educational nutrition interventions.