Adepoju, A. B and Coker, O.J. (2019) NUTRITIONAL STATUS AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANC OF SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN IN ILARO. FEPI-JOPAS, 1 (1). pp. 1-9. ISSN 2714-2531
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Abstract
Poor nutritional status is one of the major public health problems; it can impair cognitive development. Continuous Evaluation of this problem will help in preventing its health consequences. A descriptive, crosssectional survey using multistage sampling techniques was conducted among three hundred (300) school age children in Ilaro to assess their nutritional status and academic performance. A Semi-structured and interviewer administered questionnaire was used to obtain information on socio-demographic and economic characteristic of the respondents. Nutritional status was determined using anthropometric assessment method, weight-for-age, height-for-age, and body mass index for age was determined using World Health Organization (WHO) Anthro plus software. The educational performance of Pupils was assessed using end-term examination marks. Score obtained in English, mathematics and overall class performance in all subjects was determined. Data was subjected to both descriptive and inferential statistic, using statistical package for social sciences (SPSS version 20.0). Socio-economic and demographic characteristics shows that 50.7% of the respondents were male and majority of the respondents were between the age range of 6-10 years (99.3%), Yoruba (85.7%), practices Christianity religion (65.3%), and were from monogamous family (81.7%). The mean weight and height of male respondents was found to be higher than that of female respondents but the difference was not significant (p>0.05). The nutritional status assessment shows that 50.7% and 3.7% were moderately and severely stunted respectively, 32.7% were moderately underweight, 37.7% and 1.3% has moderate and sever low BMI for age. On academic performance, 45% perform excellently, 40.3 were above average while 14% were below average. Statistical significant association (p<0.05) was observed between academic performances and stunting. Academic performance was also significantly associated with some socio-economic and demographic characteristics. Conclusively, nutritional status was found to have a significant association with the academic performance of the pupils.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | Q Science > Q Science (General) |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics > School of Chemistry |
| Depositing User: | Mr Taiwo Egbeyemi |
| Date Deposited: | 03 Jun 2020 20:00 |
| Last Modified: | 03 Jun 2020 20:00 |
| URI: | http://eprints.federalpolyilaro.edu.ng/id/eprint/355 |
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