%0 Journal Article
%T Nutritional Assessment of School-Age Children Attending Conventional Primary and Integrated Qur anic Schools in Kaduna
%A Aliyu Hassan
%A O.O. Onabanjo
%A C.R.B. Oguntona
%J Research Journal of Medical Sciences
%D 2012
%I 
%R 10.3923/rjmsci.2012.187.192
%X Under nutrition among school-age children have serious consequence on individual and national growth and development. The purpose of this study was to assess the nutritional status of 394 school-age children (7-11 years) attending Conventional Primary Schools (CPS) and Integrated Qur anic Schools (IQS) in Kaduna. A pretested questionnaire was used to generate information on their socio-economic, food intake pattern and anthropometric status. The mean energy (1861¡À547.53 23 kcal), protein (32.16¡À8.93 g), Vitamin A (795.48¡À183.48 RE), iron (11.61¡À4.02 mg), iodine (122.65¡À130.35 mg), calcium (625.38¡À212.57 g) and Vitamin C (28.09¡À29.12 mg) intakes were lower for those in CPS compared to their counterparts in IQS facilities. Results showed that about 41.2% of the children were stunted been slightly higher in children attending IQS (9%) than those in CPS but the difference was no significant (p>0.05). Underweight was also generally high (48.7%). There were more (24.6%) cases of overweight among CPS than IQS (22.0%) children and only 1% level of obesity was recorded. Malaria and helminthes infection was not significantly different (p>0.05) among subjects attending CPS and IQS. Correlation between malnutrition and type of school, level of energy intake rate and mother s educational level showed no relationship (p = 0.05). Data on the prevalence and degree of malnutrition among school-age children attending both CPS and IQS sectors of education in Nigeria is limited.
%U http://www.medwellonline.net/abstract/?doi=rjmsci.2012.187.192