CAUSES AND EFFECT OF POOR NUTRITION ON CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 15 YEARS: A CASE STUDY OF EGOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF EDO STATE
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CAUSES AND EFFECT OF POOR NUTRITION
ON CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 15 YEARS: A CASE STUDY OF EGOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT
AREA OF EDO STATE
ABSTRACT
In this study attempt has been made highlighting the effect
of poor nutrition affecting children under the age of 15 years in Egor LGA of
Edo State. One hundred respondents (pupils) were randomly selected from six
primary schools which served as sample of population of study, the
questionnaires served as instrument for data collection and the simple
percentage types were used to analyze data and text hypothesis, the analysis
revealed that parents should feed there children very well with the right
proportion of food, they should eat balanced diet and production of food should
be increase in other to reduce the number of poor nutrition on children.
Government should assist parents in feed of growing and helping to reduce the
cost of food stuff in other for the poor parents to feed their children very
well, before marriage couples should check their genotype in other to prevent
sickle cell which will lead to kwashiorkor, teachers should also educate pupils
on how to take balance diet sometimes, parents should not allowed the
environment which they belong to or the kind of religion which they belong to
dictate the choice of food they eat in other to reduce poor nutrition.
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
CHAPTER ONE
Background of the study
Statement of the problem
Purpose of the study
Significance of the study
Research hypothesis
Scope and delimitation
Definition of terms
CHAPTER TWO
Literature review
CHAPTER THREE
Methodology
Population
Instrumentation for data collection
Validity of instrument
Method of data collection
Statistical techniques
CHAPTER FOUR
Data analysis, interpretation and findings
Discussion
Summary
CHAPTER FIVE
Recommendation
Conclusion
Recommendations
REFERENCES
QUESTIONNAIR
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND OF STUDY
Poor
nutrition is as old as man exist on earth, nutrition particular in protein and
energy growing food which the world health organization (WHO) called “silent
emergency” is an accomplice in at least half of the 10.4 million children death
each year. Awake (2003), poor nutrition covers a wide range of illness from
undernourishment due to a lack of one or more nutrient such as vitamins and
mineral deficiency to obesity and other diet related chronic diseases. WHO
(2003) reported that poor nutrition is not limited to children only; however,
developed countries are not free from, poor nutrition. In Nigeria poor
nutrition is the common cause of children low performance in school and is
consistently reported as one of the second leading to causes of death in this
country. However, poor nutrition occurs as a result of deficiencies in all the
essential food nutrient in correct proportion. This is both quality and
quantity this lead to poor if the food eaten by the person is very low in
calorific value and as result only little energy is supplied, this condition is
also called marasmus.
STATEMENT OF PROBLEMS
This
project attempt to investigate the causes and effect of poor nutrition in
children under the age of 15 years a case study of Egor local government area.
In recent times, poor nutrition is one of the ancient diseases. The main
problem of this is continuous ignorance of the level of food production which
otherwise leads to talking of unbalanced diet, especially young children are
normally effected with poor nutrition. The major problem is that they normally
affected children because they are in a period of rapid growth that increases
the demand for calories and protein for similar reason. It is in view of this
problem that the researcher has chosen to write on this topic the researcher
has chosen to write on this topic with a view of making positive recommendation
on the prevention and culrative measures.
PURPOSE OF STUDY
The
purpose of this study is:
1.
To
work critically in to the causative factor that may be responsible for poor
nutrition affecting Egor LGA.
2.
To
gain an insight into the control of the problem affecting the children.
3.
To
find out the effect of poor nutrition.
4.
To
find out the caused of low production of food affecting poor nutrition.
SIGNIFICANCE OF STUDY
This
study is base on the assumption that:
1.
The
create awareness of the effect of poor nutrition effecting the children in the local
government area for better care of them.
2.
To
give some light on the control of the factors affecting growth and development
of children in the local government area.
3.
To
objectively examine poor nutrition its causes and effect on the academic
performance of pupils in Egor LGA in Edo State.
4.
To
determine the effectiveness on how this problem of poor nutrition will be
reduced.
RESEARCH QUESTIONS
The
following are alternate researchable point states below will be tested for the
interest of this project.
1.
Government
insensitivity assisting poor parents in feeding and educating of growing
children’s play no important role in the development of the country.
2.
Low
level off food production plays no important role in the effect and cause of
poor nutrition.
3.
Feeding
of children plays no significance role in intelligent of growing children.
4.
Social
economy factors has no relevance in poor nutrition of children and pregnant
women.
SCOPE OF STUDY
This
study was carried out to the people in Egor LGA of Edo State. Pregnant women
and nursing women. Young children (pupils under the age of 15 years old)
DEFINITION OF CONCEPTS
Balance diet: It is the
diet that contains the six class of food taken in a right proportion.
Unbalance diet: It is the diet
that those not contains the six classes of food.
WHO: World Health
Organization
Poor Nutrition: The
deficiency intake of food nutrient by the body.
Marasmus: A condition
result fro taking food that is very low in calorific value.
Calorific Value: Nutrient
value.
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