Nutrition in Adolescence

1987 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 195-203 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian Wharton ◽  
Pamela Wharton
Keyword(s):  
Iron Deficiency ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Iron Deficiency Anaemia ◽  
Food Supplementation ◽  
Dietary Intakes ◽  
School Meals ◽  
Deficiency Anaemia ◽  
Steady Rate ◽  
Nutritional Needs

This review discusses five questions concerning nutrition in adolescence. Do adolescents have special nutritional needs? What are the recommended dietary intakes? What do adolescent schoolchildren eat? What nutritional disorders occur at this age? The prevalence of iron deficiency anaemia, rickets, coeliac disease, iodine deficiency, dental caries, weight disorders, zinc deficiency and pellagra are discussed. What is the role of school meals or other food supplementation programmes? The primary school years (5–11 in Britain) are relatively quiet nutritionally. Growth occurs at a steady rate neither accelerating nor decelerating, nutritional diseases are less common and in the majority no profound biological events occur. Nutritional interest is in the secondary school child (11–18 years in Britain) particularly in the events of puberty and adolescence. This review aims to determine five points concerning adolescents. Do they have special nutritional needs? What are their recommended dietary intakes? What do they eat? What nutritional disorders occur at this age? What is the role of school meals or other food supplementation programmes?

scholarly journals Role of faecal occult bloods in the diagnosis of iron deficiency anaemia

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 231-236 ◽  
Author(s):  
A T M Dilshad Chowdhury ◽  
Gaius Longcroft-Wheaton ◽  
Andrew Davis ◽  
David Massey ◽  
Patrick Goggin
Keyword(s):  
Iron Deficiency ◽  
Iron Deficiency Anaemia ◽  
Deficiency Anaemia ◽  
Faecal Occult

scholarly journals Effectiveness of Adolescent Health Programme on knowledge regarding Iron deficiency anaemia among adolescent girls at Kabirdham District, Chhattisgarh

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (01) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kalpana B. Joshi
Keyword(s):  
Iron Deficiency ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Adolescent Health ◽  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Iron Deficiency Anaemia ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Knowledge Score ◽  
Deficiency Anaemia ◽  
Knowledge Questionnaire ◽  
Health Programme

Adolescent period is a critical link between childhood and adulthood. Objectives of this study were to assess the effectiveness of adolescent health programme on knowledge regarding Iron deficiency Anaemia among adolescent girls and to associate the knowledge score with their selected demographic variables. An evaluative approach was used in the study, non-probability purposive sampling technique was used to select 120 adolescent girls from 60 adolescent girls from govt. higher secondary school and 60 from private higher secondary school and data was gathered using the structured knowledge questionnaire on iron deficiency anaemia. Data was analysed by using descriptive and inferential statistics .in selected school. The study result showed that majority (76%) of study sample had poor knowledge, 2% had good knowledge and 22% had average knowledge on prevention of iron deficiency anaemia.

scholarly journals Effectiveness of a Nutritional Education Intervention Focussed on Iron among School Children in National Capital Region and Mumbai

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richa Bharti ◽  
Ankita Marwaha ◽  
Teena Badshah ◽  
Rupali Sengupta ◽  
Bhavna Barmi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Iron Deficiency ◽  
School Children ◽  
Iron Deficiency Anaemia ◽  
Iron Absorption ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Nutritional Education ◽  
Post Intervention ◽  
Deficiency Anaemia ◽  
Alternate Hypothesis

Introduction: Anaemia is a major health problem in India. Various studies mention poor nutrition knowledge and education as main factors of malnutrition. Aim: This study aims at assessing the effect of nutritional education on iron among school children. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional interventional study to improve nutrition literacy in schools was undertaken from April 2018 to February 2019. The outreach platform used was Eat Right School program by Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI). A study tool employed was data collection using self-developed questionnaire for pre and post-intervention knowledge assessment. School children from Delhi NCR and Mumbai participated in this study. Knowledge intervention was done on 5 key elements related to iron including role, sources, iron deficiency anaemia, iron absorption and knowledge of fortification. Chi-squared test (α=0.05) was applied for comparison. Results: It was found that 54% (n=18,626) of school children studied were in the age group 11-14 years. From 27355 participants who reported the gender, 58.1% (n=15899) were boys and 41.9% (n=11456) girls. Comparison of pre and post-intervention assessment revealed that percentage of students knowing importance/role of iron increased from 27.30% to 59.50%, iron deficiency anaemia from 34.03% to 59.85%, sources of iron from 25.20% to 51.70%, iron absorption from 36.00% to 61.2% and knowledge of fortification from 55.4% to 76.9%. Thus, significant shift (p≤0.001) in all the parameters was observed; improvement in scores ranged from 21.5% to 32.20% with highest increase seen in understanding the role of iron. Conclusion: Results of the study reject the null hypothesis leading to acceptance of alternate hypothesis. The alternate hypothesis highlights the role of nutrition education in improving the nutritional literacy of school children in the area of iron and iron deficiency anaemia. Results of the current study increased the knowledge of children on all parameters related to iron education module. Thus, nutritional literacy is imperative in improving nutritional status and adolescent age-group is the window of opportunity to correct it.

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