Table 3 Accuracy rate of response to each knowledge question

  Tobacco use

  Harmful alcohol consumption

  Unhealthy diet

  Physical inactivity

  Cardiovascular disease

  Eating more fruits and vegetables

 Hypertension is a curative disease.

 Blood pressure of 140/90 mmHg is considered high.

 Common symptoms of hypertension are headache, dizziness, blurred vision, nausea, vomiting, and fainting attack.

 Elderly persons are more susceptible to hypertension than adults.

 If your blood-related relatives or family members have hypertension, you are also at risk of hypertension.

 Obese people are more at risk of hypertension than those who are not obese.

 Smoking increases risk for having hypertension.

 Consuming salty food increases risk for having hypertension.

 Alcohol drinkers are at risk of having hypertension.

 Regular exercisers are less likely to have hypertension than those who do not exercise

  Stroke

  Coronary artery disease

  Heart failure

  Blindness

  Renal failure

 Diabetes is a curative disease.

 Suspicious diabetes symptoms are frequent urination and frequent water drinking from thirst.

 Elderly persons are more susceptible or more likely to have diabetes than adults.

 If your blood-related relatives have diabetes, you are also at risk of having diabetes.

 Obese people are more at risk of diabetes than those who are not obese.

 Pregnant women are likely to have diabetes.

 People who regularly eat sweet, fried, and fatty food are at risk of having diabetes.

 Regular exercisers are less likely to have diabetes than those who do not exercise.

 Complications of diabetes

  Blindness

  Renal failure

  Heart failure

  Stroke

  Delay ulcer healing

  Hypertension

 Iron deficiency can cause anemia.

 Anemia can be found in both male and female at any age.

 If a pregnant woman has anemia, she can deliver a low birth weight baby.

  Paleness on skin, eye and lips

  Weakness

  Headache

  Shortness of breath

  Rapid heart rate

  Leafy green vegetables

  Beans and peas

  Meat and fish

  Eating vitamin C-rich food along with vegetables and beans can help your body to easily absorb iron.

  Drinking tea and coffee after meal can disturb the iron absorption.

  Carbohydrates

  Proteins

  Vitamins and minerals

 Pregnant woman should not avoid certain food such as beans, vegetables and meat.

 Pregnant woman should eat more especially second (13–27 weeks) and third trimester (28–36 weeks).

 If pregnant woman does not eat nutritious food, she has risk of maternal and child death.

 Malnutrition during pregnancy can contribute to low birth weight and preterm delivery

 Malnutrition during pregnancy can contribute to miscarriage and stillbirth