This is a school-based intervention study to promote food label understanding among early adolescents. The researcher assessed the existing nutrition knowledge, attitude, and understanding of food labels. Based on Bandura's social cognitive theory, an educational program was developed. The change was accessed from pre- and post-test intervention scores, using questionnaire technique. The sample comprised of 490 children. The developed program was implemented on an experimental group of 250 students. The control group consisted of 240 students. The test scores increased for nutrition knowledge from 2.62 to 8.24, attitude towards information from 20.41 to 29.92, practice of using information from 20.63 to 28.24, and understanding from 1.24 to 3.75, whereas no improvement in scores was observed in control group.