Home Grown School Feeding Program in Nigeria: Its Nutritional Value and Anthropometry Assessment of School Age Children in Ilaro, Ogun State

Adepoju, A. B and Johnson, A. T. (2020) Home Grown School Feeding Program in Nigeria: Its Nutritional Value and Anthropometry Assessment of School Age Children in Ilaro, Ogun State. FEPI-JOPAS, 2 (2). pp. 23-37.

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Abstract

Home grown school feeding (HGSF) program is the program aimed at improving nutrition and enhance better educational performance through the provision of locally produced foods by small scale farmers to tackle hunger, improve nutrition and enhance better educational performance. Though, the program has a very good intention but its effectiveness needs to be checked. Thus this study assessed the nutrient content of the meal and the nutritional status of the pupils. It was a cross-sectional and descriptive in design involving 250 students selected systematically from three Government primary school in Ilaro town. A semi-structured and interviewer guide questionnaire was used to obtained socio-demographic characteristics of the respondents. Anthropometry measurement was done and classified using World Health Organization (WHO) standards. The food served to the selected pupils was measured, recorded in gram and its nutrient content was determined using Total Dietary Assessment (TDA) software while other data were analyzed using SPSS v.20.0. The energy value of the meal ranged from 262.10 kcal/100g-602.95 kcal/100g, 205.56 kcal/100g- 329.63 kcal/100g, 173.7 kcal/100g-297.29 kcal/100g in school 1, 2 and 3 respectively. Protein content falls between 4.45g/100g – 11.49g/100g, 3.36g/100g-11.24g/100g, 5.93g/100-15.63g/100g in school 1, 2 and 3 respectively. Fat content ranged between 0.16g/100g-6.24g/100g, 0.15g/100g-19.38g/100g, 0.08g/100g-10.14g/100g in school 1, 2 and 3 respectively. High prevalence of stunting, wasting and underweight was also discovered. In conclusion HGSFP was implemented in government primary school in Ilaro, but not all the meal served meet up with WHO standard in terms of nutrient composition.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Q Science > Q Science (General)
Divisions:	Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics > School of Chemistry
Depositing User:	Mr. Bolanle Yisau I.
Date Deposited:	29 May 2021 20:28
Last Modified:	29 May 2021 20:28
URI:	http://eprints.federalpolyilaro.edu.ng/id/eprint/1508

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