Table 1 Participants’ demographic characteristics

Participant type

  Parent

  Special education teacher

71 (48%)

78 (52%)

Nationality (n = 146)

  Emirati

  Expat

91 (62%)

55 (38%)

Gender

  Male

  Female

26 (17%)

123 (83%)

Age (n = 146)

  21–30 years

  31–40 years

  41 years and above

38 (26%)

59 (40%)

49 (36%)

Nutritional policy (n = 144)

  Familiar

  Never heard

99 (69%)

45 (31%)

Training in nutrition (n = 143)

  Taken PD

  No training

106 (74%)

37 (26%)