Healthy dietary and physical activity behaviors
SD
POSITIVE
Positive statistically significant differences were observed in the IG after the educational intervention for 4 of the intervention recommendations, 1 relating to diet and 3 relating to physical activity. Meanwhile, adherence to 8 of the 12 recommendations significantly improved among participants in the IG from pre-intervention to post-intervention (Table Percentage of adherence to recommendations on diet and physical activity post-intervention and difference between pre-intervention and post-intervention for the CG (The number of recommendations followed increased in both groups after the intervention, with a mean of 8.28 (SD = 2.265) for the CG, and a mean of 9.38 (SD = 1.789) for the IG. Differences in this respect were not significant between the groups.