The present study has been conducted to impart nutrition education to the care-givers of children (4-6 Years) of Jorhat, Assam. Nutrition education was imparted to the care-givers of the target children with the help of suitable teaching aids on aspects related to basic five food groups, nutritional deficiency disorders in order to improve the nutritional knowledge of the respondents. Prior to imparting nutrition education, the nutritional knowledge of the respondents was assessed by administering a knowledge scale. The pre-exposure knowledge level of the respondents revealed that 42.5 per cent of the respondents had low level of knowledge regarding nutritional aspects of basic five food groups whereas 45 per cent had very low knowledge regarding nutritional deficiency disorders. The difference between mean pre-exposure knowledge scores and mean post exposure knowledge scores of the respondents were significant regarding all aspects, which indicated a significant gain in knowledge (p<0.05). The results indicated that the nutrition education imparted to the caregivers of the target children had an impact in terms of gain in knowledge which is a reflection of successful implementation of the nutrition education intervention aimed at inculcating good nutritional care and practices to the care-givers for all round development of the pre-school children.

Keywords: Nutrition Education; Pre-Exposure; Post-Exposure.