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Nutrition education is a crucial element in Malaysia's National Preschool Standard Curriculum. Learning related to nutrition is very important to increase awareness of the importance of maintaining health in terms of eating practices and a healthy lifestyle in addition to doing physical activity. Health issues such as lack of nutritional intake cause many children in Malaysia to suffer from height problems that do not keep pace with age, i.e., stunting. Teachers must have the knowledge and skills to provide appropriate activities to help preschool children with disabilities. However, there still needs to be a practical guide or module that can be used as a guide for preschool teachers. The Nominal Group Technique (NGT) approach is used to design the main components and elements in the module framework based on expert validation. A total of 10 experts were selected to validate the proposed main components and elements using NGT online workshop. There were three main components proposed in this module framework: Stunting, Nutrition, and Healthy Life Style. In this study, experts are asked to evaluate the module's main components based on the percentage value of the agreement. The value of the percentage of agreement that exceeds 70% (?70%) is acceptable. The NGT analyses reached experts’ consensus on the suitability of the pre-selected items in main components of Nutrition Education Module in Preventing Stunting Problems among Preschool Children. The findings in this phase are used to develop main components and elements of the module based on health and nutrition education for preschool using the Nominal Group Technique (NGT) approach.
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To Cite this Article: Mahmood, A. S., Zain, A., & Zakaria, A. F. (2023). Nominal Group Technique Application Towards Design of Nutrition Education Module to Prevent Stunting Problems among Preschool Children. International Journal of Academic Research in Progressive Education and Development, 12(1), 1510–1518.
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