Objective

The questionnaire aims to investigate teachers’ attitudes regarding nutrition education in primary schools. Its goal is to record teachers’ views, practices, and perceptions concerning the importance of nutrition education and to understand their nutritional knowledge and habits.

Sample

The study included 200 primary school teachers (56 men, 144 women) from all grades. These teachers were drawn from 23 schools (15 public and 8 private) in Athens and Piraeus.

Scoring Method

Teachers’ responses were evaluated based on seven dimensions, which constitute scales of semantic differentiation. Each dimension was assessed using general categories of a Likert-type scale, allowing participants to choose the answer that best reflected their opinion for each question.

Reliability

Various methods were used to examine the reliability of the nutrition education questionnaire in primary schools, ensuring that teachers’ responses were consistent and reliable. The questionnaire proved to be a dependable and valid tool for measuring teachers’ attitudes and perceptions.

Statistical Analysis

Statistical analysis results showed that teachers consider nutrition education important in schools.

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