Nutritional knowledge and habits of adolescents aged 9 to 13 years in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates: a crosssectional study

Al‐Yateem, Nabeel; Rossiter, Rachel

doi:10.26719/2017.23.8.551

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“…The current study revealed that, a positive correlation between the studied subjects knowledge, nutritional habit and general appearance with no statistically significant difference. These findings were in agreement with Al-Yateem and Rossiter (2017) reported that a positive association between higher levels of nutritional knowledge and healthier eating habits, including eating more fruit and vegetables, eating more regularly at breakfast and consuming less unhealthy snacks and less fast food.…”

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“…This finding coincides with Nichols, Francis, and Dalrymple (2014) conducted a study in Trinidad and Tobago, found that a low level of dietary knowledge among primary school children. In the same stream Al-Yateem and Rossiter (2017) who evaluated the nutritional knowledge and habits of adolescents aged 9 to 13 in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates and reported that most students (86%) had poor nutritional knowledge, especially in key areas: what are healthy snacks and foods, daily dietary requirements and food components (for example, fiber, fat, and sugar).…”

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Dietary Habits and Nutritional Knowledge among Primary School Children in Fayoum Governorate

El–Kader¹,

Mekhamier²,

Hegazy³

2019

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Background and aim: Improving the eating habits of children is essential to reduce the future burden of non-communicable illnesses. Nutritional diseases affect higher than 30% of school age children. This study aimed to assess the dietary habits and nutritional knowledge among primary school age children in Fayoum Governorate, Egypt.Study design: A cross-sectional descriptive design was utilized. Setting: The study was implemented in three governmental mixed primary schools in EL-Fayoum city; Egypt, that were selected randomly. Sample: Cluster random sample techniques used for selecting of the study group consisted of 300 students aged from 10-12 years for both sexes attending grade five and six. Tools: three tools of data collection consisted of: 1- self-administered questionnaire comprised socio-demographic data of the students and parents, and students’ knowledge about nutrition, 2- the students’ dietary habits as consumption of the breakfast, drinking water, 3- Health assessment sheet to assess the students’ nutritional status including weight, height, BMI, and appearance.The study findings revealed that 69.3% of the study group were underweight, 36.3% were stunted, and 6.7%, 3.3% were overweight and obese respectively. About 45% had fair knowledge while 34% had good knowledge about the nutrition. More than half of the students had unhealthy dietary behavior and appearance. There was a statistically significant difference (P: 0<0.00) between the academic performance of the school children and their HAZ while there was no statistically significant difference between the academic performance of the students and their WAZ (P: 0.264).Conclusions: underweight is highly prevalent among the primary school students followed by stunting. Most of the students had unhealthy dietary habits and unhealthy appearance while around half of them had fair knowledge about nutrition. The current study recommended developing a nutritional health program for primary school children about the proper nutrition.

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Dietary Habits and Nutritional Knowledge among Primary School Children in Fayoum Governorate

El–Kader¹,

Mekhamier²,

Hegazy³

2019

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“…As this eliminates filling in the correct answer by chance, this might have influenced the lower knowledge score. However, another cross-sectional study reported that 86% of the participating United Arab Emirati adolescents had a low level of dietary knowledge [ 28 ]. With regard to the parents, their average dietary knowledge score was 63%, thus scoring higher than their children.…”

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Dietary Knowledge, Dietary Adherence, and BMI of Lebanese Adolescents and Their Parents

2020

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Paediatric obesity is a severe public health problem accompanied by several physical and mental complications, mainly due to an imbalance between energy input and output. Dietary behaviours are influenced by many demographic factors and determinants, such as the place of residence and the level of dietary knowledge of the children and their parents. The aim of the current paper is to assess the levels of dietary knowledge, dietary adherence (in relation to recommendations), and the body mass index (BMI) of Lebanese adolescents in association with demographic variables, their parents’ dietary knowledge and adherence levels, and with other lifestyle behaviours. This cross-sectional study included 1535 Lebanese adolescents aged 15 to 18 years, from 16 public and private high schools located in urban and rural regions, and 317 of their parents. Our results showed that 30.2% of the adolescents were overweight or obese. Participants enrolled in private schools and those living in urban regions had a significantly higher BMI z-score compared to those enrolled in public schools and living in rural regions, respectively. In addition, Lebanese adolescents generally had low levels of dietary knowledge and 32.4% had low levels of dietary adherence. Their dietary adherence was significantly associated with their parents’ dietary adherence. The findings underline the significant role of the parents in shaping their children’s eating behaviours, in addition to the other determinants and factors affecting the diet of Lebanese adolescents. As the prevalence of paediatric overweight and obesity has reached alarming rates, the results of the current study have important implications for both public health policies and obesity prevention interventions in the Middle East and worldwide.

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“…This study revealed that the respondents have poor knowledge towards reducing malnutrition 451 (80.2%) which is contrary to studies elsewhere in Southwest Ethiopia, Nairobi city, Kenya, Palestine, and Darab city, Fars province, Iran where 201 (44.2%), 32.7%, 52.4%, and 38.5% of the respondents had poor knowledge, respectively [ 26 , 41 , 42 ]. Findings from studies conducted in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates reveals that 86% of adolescents had poor knowledge of nutrition [ 43 ]. Results in this study reported that breakfast is the most important meal of the day 89.9%, this is in line with studies conducted in China who reported 68.8% and South Africa who reported 87.6% [ 44 , 45 ].…”

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Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Adolescent Girls towards Reducing Malnutrition in Maiduguri Metropolitan Council, Borno State, Nigeria: Cross-Sectional Study

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Addressing the gap in knowledge, attitude, and practice among adolescent girls are important as malnutrition has a negative effect on their future generation. This study aimed to determine the knowledge, attitude, and practice of adolescent girls towards reducing malnutrition in Maiduguri Metropolitan Council, Borno State, Nigeria. This was a school-based cross-sectional study conducted among 612 adolescent girls (10 to 19 years old). KoBo collect toolbox was used for the data collection between 3 June and 31 July 2019. Multivariable logistic regression was used to identify predictors of knowledge, attitude, and practice towards reducing malnutrition. The majority of respondents (451, 80.2%; 322, 57.3%) had poor knowledge and attitude towards reducing malnutrition respectively, 278 (49.5%) had poor practice towards reducing malnutrition. Schooling (GGSS; p = 0.022; Shehu Garbai; p = 0.003) was a significant predictor of knowledge. Religion (p = 0.023), information (p < 0.001) and motivation (p < 0.001) were significant predictors of attitude. School (GGSS; p < 0.001; GGC; p < 0.001; Shehu garbai; p < 0.001; Bulabulin; p = 0.030; Zajeri day; p = 0.049), education of father (p = 0.001), information (p = 0.026) and behavioral skill (p = 0.019) were significant predictors of practice. There is a need to focus on both school-based and community-based health education intervention to address the poor knowledge, attitude, and practice among adolescent girls for a healthier future.

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Nutritional knowledge and habits of adolescents aged 9 to 13 years in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates: a crosssectional study

Cited by 21 publications

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Dietary Habits and Nutritional Knowledge among Primary School Children in Fayoum Governorate

Dietary Habits and Nutritional Knowledge among Primary School Children in Fayoum Governorate

Dietary Knowledge, Dietary Adherence, and BMI of Lebanese Adolescents and Their Parents

Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Adolescent Girls towards Reducing Malnutrition in Maiduguri Metropolitan Council, Borno State, Nigeria: Cross-Sectional Study

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