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Abstract
Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the most common cause of death around the world, it accounts for about 30% of death. Nutrition counseling aims to help clients understand important information about their health. The present study aimed to evaluate the nutritional knowledge among a group of CVDs in Menoufia Governorate, Egypt. The general information and anthropometric measurements such as height, weight, and BMI were assessed, and the subjects’ nutritional knowledge, awareness level, and practices were assessed. The questionnaire had the content data about cooking methods, type of fat in cooking importance of physical activity, protein, foods rich in cholesterols, and restricted, and admitted foods. Knowledge scores were calculated by the total number of correct answers given by the subjects. Each correct answer was given one mark .The subjects were further classified into low less than 34%, medium 35 to 50 %, and high more than 51% knowledge. The results revealed that most males and females were married (35.3%) followed by (29.4%) divorced and (23.5%) single. Regarding the subject’s education level, the result shows that (41.2%) of them were University graduates followed by a preparatory school (23.5%) and Illiteracy (17.7%). The mean BMI of patients was (33.60 ± 8.71). The female group’s mean BMI was slightly higher than that of males (36.74 ± 14.07) VS (32.16 ± 4.09). The majority of the subject group had very good nutritional knowledge and/ or good knowledge.