Assessment of Nutritional Status of Students in the Public Schools in Rural Area in the Province of Kenitra
Abdelkader Chibani1, Ikram Marc2, Amed Ahami3, Youssef Aboussaleh4, Fatima Zahra Azzaoui5
1Abdelkader Chibani, Unit of Clinical and Cognitive-Behavioural Neurosciences and Applied Nutrition Health, Faculty of Science, University Ibn Tofail, Kenitra, Morocco
2Ikram Marc, Laboratory for epidemiological diagnosis and environmental health Kenitra, Morocco
3Amed Ahami, Unit of Clinical and Cognitive-Behavioural Neurosciences and Applied Nutrition Health, Faculty of Science, University Ibn Tofail, Kenitra, Morocco
4Youssef Aboussaleh, Unit of Clinical and Cognitive-Behavioural Neurosciences and Applied Nutrition Health, Faculty of Science, University Ibn Tofail, Kenitra, Morocco
5Fatima Zahra Azzaoui, Unit of Clinical and Cognitive-Behavioural Neurosciences and Applied Nutrition Health, Faculty of Science, University Ibn Tofail, Kenitra, Morocco
Manuscript received on 25 November 2020 | Revised Manuscript received on 02 December 2020 | Manuscript Accepted on 15 December 2020 | Manuscript published on 30 December 2020.| PP: 6-10 | Volume-1 Issue-1, December 2020. | Retrieval Number: A1004071120/2020©LSP
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Abstract: Nutritional status is both a reflection of health status and one of its best indicators. It is influenced by several individual, socio-environmental, demographic and economic factors. In our country, undernutrition is still a heavy burden, especially among disadvantaged groups. (This work has two parts) This work is devided to two parts. The first part is about evaluating socio-economic indicators, the second one turns about assessement of the nutritional status of children in primary public schools in the rural municipality of Kariat ben aouda in the province of Kenitra. Our study includes a sample of 138 students in 5th and 6th grades, aged between 10 to 14 years old with an average age of 11.91 ±1.26 and extremes of 9 and 15 years old, of which 49% are girls (N=68), 51% were boys (N=70), and the value of khi two = 0.029 for the sexe ratio. The majority of the children in our population belong to families that have a low socio-economic level, 39.86% of the fathers householders are peasants. The educational level of the parents remains low only 5.072% of the fathers have a university degree, 37.681% have a secondary level and 45.65% have a primary level. For mothers 88.235% are illiterate, 10.294% have a primary level and 0% have a bac level and up. According to the results, it was concluded that 13.66% (T/A-2z score) with a statutory insufficiency.
Keywords: Based on the study’s analysis of nutritional status, the Z-score values are: (-0.432) for T/A, (-0.381) for P/A and (- 1.02) for BMI . According to these values, the population remains undernourished.