Nutritional programs are one of the most important public health policies in order to prevent obesity. School teachers are role models for students and their nutrition knowledge about these policies can affect children’s dietary habits. The aim of this observational descriptive study was to evaluate the school teachers’ awareness about nutrition programs for the prevention of obesity of the Ministry of Education in Turkey. It was conducted to 87,070 classroom teachers working at state schools from all the cities of Turkey. Data collection was obtained with a plain web-based survey, and national nutrition programs (Nutrition-Friendly School Program, White-Flag Protocol, and circular letter on foods can be sold in school canteens) were questioned. Mean age of teachers was 38.3 ± 9.30 years and 50.4% of them were male. It was determined that only 66.2% of the teachers know whether their school is nutrition-friendly. Frequency of knowing “White-Flag” Protocol was 80.1%. Present study showed that educational programs about nutrition policies are required in order to increase knowledge among school teachers and thus, prevent childhood obesity.

营养计划是预防肥胖的最重要的公共卫生政策之一。学校的老师是学生的榜样，他们对这些政策的营养知识会影响孩子的饮食习惯。这项观察性描述性研究的目的是评估学校教师对土耳其教育部预防肥胖症营养计划的认识。培训对象是土耳其各城市公立学校的87,070名课堂教师。通过简单的基于网络的调查收集了数据，并质疑了国家营养计划（“营养友好型学校计划”，“白旗协议”，以及可以在学校食堂出售的食品通函）。教师的平均年龄为38.3±9.30岁，其中50.4％为男性。确定只有66。2％的老师知道学校是否营养友好。知道“白旗”协议的频率为80.1％。目前的研究表明，需要营养政策方面的教育计划，以增加学校教师的知识，从而预防儿童肥胖。