Abstract
Background: The lifestyle of children is susceptible to rapid changes and these my affect the nutritional status of children.
Objectives: To provide information on Body mass index, nutritional status , dietary and physical activity pattern of 11- 14 years old, preparatory school age children in 4 selected UNISCO affiliated schools in the urban areas of Cairo and Giza Govern orates.
Materials & Methods:This study was a part of Nutrition Education for school age adolescents in associated school UNISCOʼs project network. It was carried out by team of the National Nutrition Institute in the year 2008. Cross-sectional descriptive study, where purposive non–probability sample was selected from four ASPNET Urban schools from four Educational directorates. Total sample was 330 students equally distributed between selected schools, they were 148 male and 183 female and covered the age from 11-14 years. Pre designed questionnaire was used to collect information on gender, date of birth, dietary pattern and physical activity levels. The studied students were subjected to anthropometric and dietary assessments.
Results:Overweight and obese males accounted for 21.0% of the total sample while the percentage is mostly doubled among females to reach 40%.About half of the
Objectives: To provide information on Body mass index, nutritional status , dietary and physical activity pattern of 11- 14 years old, preparatory school age children in 4 selected UNISCO affiliated schools in the urban areas of Cairo and Giza Govern orates.
Materials & Methods:This study was a part of Nutrition Education for school age adolescents in associated school UNISCOʼs project network. It was carried out by team of the National Nutrition Institute in the year 2008. Cross-sectional descriptive study, where purposive non–probability sample was selected from four ASPNET Urban schools from four Educational directorates. Total sample was 330 students equally distributed between selected schools, they were 148 male and 183 female and covered the age from 11-14 years. Pre designed questionnaire was used to collect information on gender, date of birth, dietary pattern and physical activity levels. The studied students were subjected to anthropometric and dietary assessments.
Results:Overweight and obese males accounted for 21.0% of the total sample while the percentage is mostly doubled among females to reach 40%.About half of the
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