Gender Based Comparison of Nutrition Status among Primary School Children in Selected Urban and Rural Areas in Ondo State, Nigeria|Asian Journal of Advanced Research and Reports

In today’s Nigeria, widespread and severe poverty is a reality that manifests itself in a lack of food, clothing, education, and other basic necessities, affecting primarily women and children. The nutritional status of primary school pupils in selected rural and urban areas in Ondo State, South-West Nigeria, was examined and contrasted in this study. Two hundred and forty (240) elementary school pupils between the ages of 5 and 10 years were ethically recruited from the aforementioned area using the Multi-staged sample technique. Interviews were conducted to gather socio-demographic information, which was supplemented by a research-administered questionnaire that included both open-ended and closed-ended items. Secondary data was gathered through the Ministry of Health, the internet, published research papers, journals, and other sources. The nutritional status of children in the research area(s) was assessed using a variety of nutrition indicators such as height-for-age, weight-for-height, and weight-for-age. Anthropometric approaches, as well as gender-specific changes in target variables, were used to measure these markers. For quantitative data integration on socio-economic and demographics, the results were sorted, evaluated, and displayed in percentage (using the statistical software for social sciences, SPSS). According to the findings, the majority (60.0 percent) of respondents’ parents in the urban are between the ages of 31 and 40, whereas the majority (44.0 percent) of respondents’ parents in the rural are between the ages of 21 and 30. Overall, none of the urban parents were between the ages of 15-20, but 10.0 percent of the rural parents were between the ages of 15-21. Parents in urban areas were 34 years old on average, whereas parents in rural areas were 31 years old on average. The findings indicate that rural parents were more involved than their urban counterparts. Even though nutritional status differed between urban and rural children, the average intake pattern of carbs by urban respondents was higher than that of rural respondents, and the average consumption pattern of proteins and vitamins was lower. Parents of rural settled children should attend nutritional enlightenment programmes to stay informed about the importance of good food. It is also necessary to do additional research in order to confirm these findings.

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Strategies to Mitigate the Impact of COVID-19 on Food Security and Malnutrition in Nigeria|European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety

Nigeria, being a developing country and Africa’s most populated country, has experienced issues in satisfying the food needs of its growing population throughout the years. This is owing to the country’s transformation from being a net exporter of food to being reliant on food imports, which has resulted in many people being stunted and severely malnourished. The COVID-19 epidemic has exacerbated the country’s food insecurity, resulting in worldwide consequences. Due to the present pandemic, restrictions on the movement of persons and products in the country have hampered access to food and agricultural input, severely limiting families’ financial ability. This mini-review examines the impact of COVID-19 on the country’s nutritional status, as well as the increased incidence of food insecurity, and suggests strategies for mitigating these negative consequences. During the pandemic and post-pandemic era, deliberate government policies focusing on increasing funding to local food producers, lifting restrictions on the transportation of food commodities, encouraging markets for the retail of locally produced foods, and, most importantly, instituting nutritional intervention programmes for children and the vulnerable within the community will be used to improve food security and nutritional status of the country.

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Gender Based Comparison of Nutrition Status among Primary School Children in Selected Urban and Rural Areas in Ondo State, Nigeria | Asian Journal of Advanced Research and Reports

In today’s Nigeria, widespread and severe poverty is a reality that manifests itself in a lack of food, clothing, education, and other basic necessities, affecting primarily women and children. The nutritional status of primary school pupils in selected rural and urban areas in Ondo State, South-West Nigeria, was examined and contrasted in this study. Two hundred and forty (240) elementary school pupils between the ages of 5 and 10 years were ethically recruited from the aforementioned area using the Multi-staged sample technique. Socio-demographic data was collected by way of interview, using a research administered questionnaire that contained both open and closed ended questions. Secondary information was also sourced from the ministry of health, internet, published research papers, journals and other relevant sources. Here, dependent variables consisted of the nutritional status of children in study area(s) that were measured through various nutrition indicators as; height-for-age, weight-for-height, weight-for-age. These indicators were measured through anthropometric techniques, as well as gender specific variations in target variables. Results were sorted, analysed and presented in percentage (using the statistical package for social sciences, SPSS) were used for quantitative data integration on socio-economic and demographics. From the result, most (60.0%) of the respondents’ parents in the urban are within the age range of 31-40 years while most (44.0%) in the rural were within the age range of 21-30 years. In all, none of the urban parents were within the age range of 15-20 years while 10.0% of the rural parents were within the age range of 15-21 years. The mean age of urban parents was 34 years while the mean age of rural parents was 31 years. It can be deduced from the results that rural parents involved were higher than their urban counterparts. Even though nutritional status differed between urban and rural children, the average intake pattern of carbs by urban respondents was higher than that of rural respondents, and the average consumption pattern of proteins and vitamins was lower. Parents of rural settled children should attend nutritional enlightenment programmes to stay informed about the importance of good food. It is also necessary to do additional research in order to confirm these findings.

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