Nutritional status of school children in South-West Nigeria: Inferences from a national homegrown school feeding programme

Conclusion: Majority of the children showed normal growth, the rest were in both extremes of malnutrition, the subjects fromprivate schools seem to present better nutritional status, although there is no baseline data to ratify this finding. A further studyon this subject using the current finding as a baseline data is recommended.Keywords: School children; nutritional assessment; stunting; underweight; wasting; school feeding programme.

Source: African Health Sciences - April 1, 2024 Category: African Health Authors: Taiwo Akinyode Obembe, Ayoola Oluwaseun Bosede, Oluwaseun Ariyo, Folashayo I P Adeniji, Abiodun Olaoye, Ayodeji Mathew Adebayo Source Type: research